Elkann Lapo Quotes

London is the financial capital of Europe, a great platform to America and Asia. I love the fact that in British culture you can be whoever you want, and people don't even look at you. I don't feel that in Paris or Milan. ~ Lapo Elkann

London is like a girlfriend I loved, then really fell out with. ~ Lapo Elkann

Real luxury is customization. ~ Lapo Elkann

In America, if you succeed, you don't have to apologize. In Italy, success is envied, and envy is the worst, worst, worst thing in the world. It's easy for me to say because I have had more than many others, but at the end of the day, I have never envied anyone. I wish to no one that they waste their time envying anyone else. ~ Lapo Elkann

If you stop for lunch elsewhere in the world, you tend to eat a sandwich, and a bad one. Italy is unique for the style of life. I think everyone envies it a bit. ~ Lapo Elkann

I love Winston Churchill. I love the wisdom he had, the sagacity. I like people who are independent-minded. People who aren't part of clans or systems, who are talented and free, and able to do things without being corrupted by the system. ~ Lapo Elkann

I'd say Juventus has a story as legendary as the Yankees. ~ Lapo Elkann

I've lived in London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, New York, and Turin. But New York is my favorite city. It has so much energy, so much toughness. ~ Lapo Elkann

You can learn from everyone, the president or the cleaner. You need teachers in life, but they're not always school teachers or professors. You learn from ordinary people. You learn from travel, from just walking down the street. ~ Lapo Elkann

A pocket square must always - always - be white and a bit wild. If it is too prepared, it is tacky. ~ Lapo Elkann

I have the Italian flag embroidered onto all my dress-shirt cuffs. I am very proud to be Italian. ~ Lapo Elkann

The Cinquecento was an engine of motivation at Fiat. It refurbished the image of the entire company. It's a symbol for the company, but it's more than that. It's a global Italian symbol, as Mini is a global British symbol and the Beetle is a global German symbol. ~ Lapo Elkann

Fashion is something which is non-lasting; it's ephemeral. ~ Lapo Elkann

I love challenges, and I believe that the challenge of quality cinema should not be underestimated as an important part of the Italian cultural offer. ~ Lapo Elkann

My company Independent Ideas worked with Gucci on a special edition Fiat 500. ~ Lapo Elkann

I love Winston Churchill; I think he had the grace of coming and the grace of leaving - when things were hard he was there, and when it was time to leave, he left. ~ Lapo Elkann

I have never let down Italy, and I never will. I love my country, and I owe a lot to my country, and in that sense, whatever I can and will be able to do for my country, I will do. ~ Lapo Elkann

I am lucky because I can - and I like to - mix the beautiful Caraceni jackets I inherited from my grandfather with a pair of Tsubi jeans or wear a favorite pin-striped suit from him for more formal occasions. I'm crazy about pinstripes and vintage fifties fabrics. ~ Lapo Elkann

I like my country, but I don't think like an Italian. It's a complex, complicated difficult country to make things happen in. ~ Lapo Elkann

I don't have an MBA, and I didn't go to Yale. I'm not an academic person and wasn't a good student. Instead, I've been taught by some of the most inspiring people in the world. ~ Lapo Elkann

I try cars; I try them all. Cars need to be sexy, because we're not talking about biscuits here. ~ Lapo Elkann

I do not follow the rules of fashion, and I don't like to be considered a man of the world of fashion. I like to call it the 'style industry' because we try to work on taste. ~ Lapo Elkann

I like listening to music and driving. How do you say ... It's the only way I can 'chillax.' ~ Lapo Elkann

Just because you're born in a privileged family and have money doesn't mean you're happy. Happiness you can't buy. Happiness is something you need to work for. ~ Lapo Elkann

Tailor Made will help Ferrari's clients tailor their cars in a very personal, specific way. It's a bespoke service, like visiting Huntsman or Anderson & Sheppard or whoever your favourite Savile Row tailor is. ~ Lapo Elkann

Italy's assets are her style, her beauty, her creativity, her passion, her energy, her technology; and these will be core brand values of all our cars. Fiat as a company has a long way to go and a steep road ahead. ~ Lapo Elkann

No logo, and you don't advertise for anyone. I don't believe in imposed luxury. I believe in built luxury. Something you refine with your own taste. Mass luxury is not my luxury. ~ Lapo Elkann

I'm inspired every day by the great captains of industry and enlightened entrepreneurs like my great-great-grandfather and founder of Fiat, Giovanni Agnelli, who personally knew all his workers and gave so much to this country, or Adriano Olivetti, unique and innovative in every way. ~ Lapo Elkann

I drive girls crazy because I might call them 20 times in one day and then the next day not once. ~ Lapo Elkann

I am in love with cars; I love anything that moves. ~ Lapo Elkann

I've missed a lot of trains in my life, and another one always comes. ~ Lapo Elkann

I learnt not to be desperate in bad times, and I am learning not to be bullish when times are good. ~ John Elkann

I was born in New York, then I went to the UK, then I went to Brazil, then I went to France, then I studied in Italy. My life was always about being confronted with an environment where you had to adapt. ~ John Elkann

As an entrepreneur you have responsibilities in trying to operate well in what you have to do. There is a positive effect if you end up doing that. That's where I try to spend most of my efforts. ~ John Elkann

Artists have a sensibility that others don't have. They have a way of reading into the future. ~ John Elkann

I am a big believer of what Darwin discovered in the Galapagos, proving that the species most responsive to change will survive over apparently stronger or more intelligent competitors. ~ John Elkann

(talking about his children) I'm interested in avoiding two types of behaviour: one is the sense of guilt and the other is a sense of entitlement. If these two are avoided, then the rest is up to them. ~ John Elkann

The lesson I have learnt is that when a family and a business function, they function together. You have to have a family that works and a business that works and the two will end up working well alongside. ~ John Elkann