Leonard Lauder Quotes

I happen to like Precisionism. It talks to me because I collect Cubism.

Every morning, I eat one fat-free yogurt with a sliced peach when peaches are in season, and one thin slice of whole-wheat bread. The same thing. I don't want to get fat. And I want to keep my fitness.

Here's the thing - if you stop learning, you might as well pack it in. You can't learn anything with your mouth open.

I'm not a builder of buildings, I'm a builder of collections.

You are only as successful as the people who work for you want you to be.

If tomorrow all of America were to become paternalistic, we would beat the Japanese every day of the week. I think that the concept of accusing someone of running a paternalistic company, that's not an accusation. One should compliment someone on that.

I love rumors. It gives me something to think about and enjoy.

I'd rather be a big fish in a specialized pond than a little, little fish in a more generalized big pond.

If I don't learn something every single day, it's a wasted day.

Power is winning the battle over who owns the customer: the brand or the retailer.

I think a cosmetics company should be headed by a woman.

I love that works of art are printed so that anyone can buy them. The variety of what they put on little postcards astounds me.