Quotes by Brunello Cucinelli

Brunello Cucinelli

Italian designer and businessman

Category: Business and entrepreneurs

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  • A cashmere knit is like a book. It is something to save and go back to time after time. It is the feeling of an embrace.
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  • Black is overrated. You'll never find it in my stores. Of course it's slimming, but it's just used too much, especially for men. One black suit by one designer, another one by another - they all look the same in the end. If I walk into a crowded hotel lobby and I'm wearing a black suit, I just look like everyone else.
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  • From a design perspective, the U.S. has always been a great source of inspiration for me.
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  • I believe in capitalism. I need to make a profit, but I would like to do it with ethics, dignity, morals. It's my dream.
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  • I don't want to buy something that has harmed anyone. This is my absolutely strongest belief, and I believe other people think this, too. Or if they don't now, they will.
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  • I love a modern suit paired with a polo or cotton T-shirt... and then paired with leather sneakers, or cashmere joggers with a tailored blazer and a sleeveless puffer vest to get the ultimate informal and formal combination.
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  • I tell my staff, 'Give me your best, and then go home and live your life.' I've never asked anyone to work harder, but I've told plenty that they needed rest.
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  • I've spent a lot of years living with normal people. If I take a private jet to go to a meeting in Milan, well, that's my business; I can do it. But I don't live for it.
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  • If you are an investor, I hope that you will stay with me for three, four, ten years. But if you ask me to make profits in ways that I have to change my allure, I won't do that. I won't lose my identity.
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  • If you buy a sweater for €1,000 and you know that the funds you are paying are also going to help to build a hospital and a school, wouldn't you think better about it?
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  • If you have a company that doesn't sell its goods or services abroad and focuses only on the domestic market, it will keep paying a price.
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  • In my office, I have a very beautiful marble bust of Seneca. I always have my eye on him when I'm taking phone calls. He's one of the many philosophers I've always read and admired.
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  • In the heart of the desert and founded by the first Spanish Conquistadores, Las Vegas has become the entertainment capital of the world, with more than 30 million visitors a year.
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  • It has always been very important to look carefully at young people and the way they wear clothes.
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  • Italian companies need to re-convert themselves, and such a re-conversion must be toward a better, higher standard.
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  • St. Benedict said to take care of your mind, body and soul. I swim for an hour every morning, do 15 minutes of Tibetan stretching and breathing exercises, and play soccer with friends four or more nights a week.
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  • There is definitely a comeback of the idea of dressing well every day. Nowadays, suits can be worn for many occasions - to work or to school, to a dinner party or red carpet event.
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  • These new young politicians have given us the confidence to start dreaming again to believe there is a better politics, and a better future for Italy in general.
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  • When I was eight, nine years of age, my mother bought me a pair of green trousers - corduroy green trousers. I didn't like green, and I basically buried them underground. And my mother kept asking me, 'Where are your trousers?' I said, 'Oh, I don't know.' And from then on I stopped wearing green.
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  • When someone says, 'Shut up, farmer,' it hurts. It's difficult to explain, but it hurts.
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The two most famous quotes from Brunello Cucinelli are:

  • "A cashmere knit is like a book. It is something to save and go back to time after time. It is the feeling of an embrace."
  • "Black is overrated. You'll never find it in my stores. Of course it's slimming, but it's just used too much, especially for men. One black suit by one designer, another one by another - they all look the same in the end. If I walk into a crowded hotel lobby and I'm wearing a black suit, I just look like everyone else."