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10 quotes by Ian Schrager

Ian Schrager (born July 19, 1946) is an American entrepreneur, hotelier and real estate developer, often associated with co-creating of the Boutique Hotel category of accommodation. Originally, he gained fame as co-owner and co-founder of Studio 54.
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I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.

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Good design is good business.

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Great ideas have no attachment to either money or class.

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I have to be more universal than my projects, but no less innovative.

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Status based on wealth is an old-fashioned idea; I find it repugnant, actually.

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When I travel, I just take what I need and I run. I always have my briefcase stuffed with work, even when I go on a holiday.

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I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in Brooklyn. It's what gave me my drive to succeed, the upward mobility I've been after my whole... →

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The music I listened to as a kid - the Stones, the Beatles - that was so rebellious at the time, it became mainstream.

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The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents' generation.

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My best vacation was renting a boat and motoring along the Adriatic, going along the Croatian coast, before it became so fashionable. I've also... →

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