Quotes by Diego Della Valle - Page 1

I am a liberal. I want everyone to be well.
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Want
Wells
Liberal
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When it is possible, I choose to have a quiet life.
Diego Della Valle /
Quiet
Quiet Life
Choose
Possible
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You have to be serious-minded in business, but not take yourself seriously.
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Serious-Minded
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When I was a kid, I wanted to be a footballer and racing driver, like all kids.
Diego Della Valle /
Kids
Drivers
Footballer
Racing
Wanted
Driver
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Tod's customers - whatever their nationality - want the very best things in life.
Diego Della Valle /
Customers
Nationality
Life Best Things
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I hope I will be remembered as a good father and a fair employer. And a good host, of course!
Diego Della Valle /
Employers
Father
Good Father
Host
Remembered
Employer
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You try to be young, maybe you like to have a few toys, but it's not the most important thing in life.
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Important
Things In Life
Trying
Important Thing
Most Important Thing
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I was born and I live in a small village, where the centre of life is the square, and the small bar/cafe.
Diego Della Valle /
Bars
Centre
Small Villages
Squares
Village
Square
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I remember seeing the Colosseum for the first time when I was a young boy. It left a lasting impression on me.
Diego Della Valle /
Impression
Lasting
Time Me Remember
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When I am walking in Central Park, I recognize the Italians. Because an Italian, even when he jogs, he's dressed perfect.
Diego Della Valle /
Central Park
Italian
Perfect
Central
Dressed
Italians
Park
Recognize
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My father wasn't absolutely delighted. He wanted me to become a lawyer. I studied law, but I thought the shoe business was more exciting.
Diego Della Valle /
Delighted
Father
Law
Shoes
Business Father Me
Shoe
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There is a time to be chic and sportive, there is a time to be sexy and feminine, but it's hard to find the balance, and Tod's has done that.
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Balance
Chic
Feminine
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When you work too much, you are boring - that is possible. But to have a happy life, if you can do several things in the correct way, that is perfect.
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Happy Life
Perfect
Too Much
Correct
Several
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Saks is one of the temples of good-quality products in America. The Saks shop in New York, for me, is the most interesting department store in America.
Diego Della Valle /
New York
Department
Interesting
Products
Temples
Department Store
Shop
Store
York
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Almost everyone wears rubber on their feet these days, but there was a time when it was considered cheap. Luxury shoes had leather soles, which were rigid and heavy.
Diego Della Valle /
Feet
Heavy
Leather
Luxury
Rubber
Almost Everyone
Considered
Cheap
Rigid
Wears
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I remember perfectly my first trip to New York, when I was on the bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan, when I saw the skyscrapers. It was like an incredible dream.
Diego Della Valle /
Dream
New York
Bridges
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Bridge
Perfectly
Skyscrapers
Trip
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Image is something you construct, while reputation starts at home. If you are able to pass on solid values to your children, then they can become citizens of the world.
Diego Della Valle /
Home
Children
Citizens
Reputation
Home World Your
Construct
Home World Children
Solid
Pass
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Italian style is a natural attitude. It is about a life of good taste. It doesn't have to be expensive. Simple but with good taste. Luxury is possible to buy. Good taste is not.
Diego Della Valle /
Attitude
Expensive
Good Taste
Italian
Luxury
Natural
Simple
Style
Taste
Life Good Simple
Attitude Life Good
Buy
Possible
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Put a compass to paper and trace a circle. Then tell me which other country has such a concentration of places like Amalfi, Naples, Ischia, Procida, Sorrento, Positano, Pompeii, and Capri.
Diego Della Valle /
Circles
Compass
Concentration
Country
Naples
Paper
Circle
Trace
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My father taught me respect for quality as well as a sense of dignity - great values as we face a world going in a different direction. I try to teach my children to stay close to the real things.
Diego Della Valle /
Children
Dignity
Father
Real
Direction
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La Scala is easily one of the top 10 symbols of Italy's cultural excellence. That makes it vital to our global image. Closing it would send a message to the rest of the world that Italy doesn't care.
Diego Della Valle /
Closing
Excellence
Easily
Cultural
Italy
La
Send
Vital
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On weekends, the U.S. was casual; in Italy the weekend was very formal. I came to understand that weekends are about free time, and that one could wear high quality, tasteful products that weren't so formal.
Diego Della Valle /
Casual
Formal
Free Time
Italy
Tasteful
Weekends
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I grew up watching my father work, and learning from him what good quality is. I took from him the passion to create beautiful and exclusive products. He also taught me to persevere if I want to reach my goals.
Diego Della Valle /
Exclusive
Good Quality
Persevere
Work Good Learning
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Businessmen should not put their finger in politics, because they tend to think only of their own self-interest. But I worry about the low morale in Italian industry and the lack of government initiatives to help the poor.
Diego Della Valle /
Government
Italian
Morale
Self Interest
Thinking
Finger
Initiatives
Low
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The boom for luxury goods is unending. There are people who never have to worry about whether they can afford something they like. In one part of the world or another there will always be someone with money to spend on luxury.
Diego Della Valle /
Goods
Luxury
People
Unending
Worry
Money World People
Money Always World
Afford
Boom
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We must never lose sight of the fact that shoes go on the feet, and if people can't walk in them, they are worthless. Fashion designers who are not specialists need the help of technical people. We help decide the collections together.
Diego Della Valle /
Collections
Feet
Sight
Specialists
Worthless
Designers
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I bought into Saks as a personal investment because, when I was a young man and went to America for the first time, it seemed to me that Saks was like a cathedral of retail. I never dreamt that I could one day be a part of it. And now I am.
Diego Della Valle /
Men
America
Investment
One Day
Retail
Young Man
Time Man I Am
Time Man Me
Bought
Cathedral
Dreamt
Seemed
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I worked in the family business, which was my father's shoe making company that he had inherited from his father, and that led me to become interested in what could be achieved by a great Italian brand. That became my ambition as a young man.
Diego Della Valle /
Ambition
Italian
Young Man
Achieved
Family Business Great
Family Business
Inherited
Led
Shoe
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I was looking for a name with an old English sound, very easy to pronounce in every language and easy to remember. At the beginning I used J. P. Tod's, but then in 1999 it was shortened since too many people were asking who was Mr. J. P. Tod's.
Diego Della Valle /
Mr
Pronounce
Shortened
Too Many People
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I need to have a quick wardrobe. Two or three blazers with dark gray pants, two pairs of jeans, two light blue shirts, a casual shirt, two pairs of shoes, one formal one not. Small accessories like Tod's Greca belt and our woven bracelets for a wild touch.
Diego Della Valle /
Accessories
Blue
Casual
Dark
Formal
Gray
Jeans
Light
Pairs
Three
Two
Wardrobe
Woven
Touch
Belt
Wild
Small
Quick
Shirt
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Sure, Tod's makes shoes and bags. But we make them using leather, which is a living substance to me. And behind each shoe and bag, which in itself may be attractive and useful and comfortable to carry and wear, there is this Italian spirit, this Italian dream.
Diego Della Valle /
Attractive
Bags
Comfortable
Italian
Leather
Substance
Useful
Bag
Behind
Carry
Wear
Shoe
Using
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Of course China is an important new market for Tod's, and of course we need to succeed commercially. But I believe the way to do that is not to aim to deliver results in the short term by thoughtless expansion, but instead to explain to the Chinese people what our brand is really about.
Diego Della Valle /
Aim
China
Expansion
Succeed
Term
Believe Important People
Brand
Chinese People
Commercially
Deliver
Short
Explain
Instead
Market
Thoughtless
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I come from a family with a long tradition in shoemaking, and I still live in a region famous for its shoemakers. It is getting harder and harder to find skilled workers. There are no professional training institutes, so we have to train our own employees. And an apprenticeship takes three years.
Diego Della Valle /
Famous
Apprenticeship
Harder
Institute
Skilled Workers
Training
Workers
Employees
Long Tradition
Region
Skilled
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I love and admire the American culture and the American dream. I learnt so many things about the American shoe industry and marketing strategies. I caught the secrets of American casual wear, that is elegant and wearable, retro and modern, and mixed it with an Italian touch, luxurious and handmade.
Diego Della Valle /
Dream
Admire
American Culture
Casual
Caught
Elegant
Handmade
Industry
Italian
Luxurious
Marketing
Retro
Shoes
Touch
Wear
Learnt
Mixed
Secrets
Shoe
Strategies
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The idea behind our shoes is simple: they are as light as possible, very soft and made from the finest leather we can buy. We try to make a combination of something that looks fantastic and is at the same time fantastically comfortable. This is the type of luxury people want to buy now, things that they can use every day.
Diego Della Valle /
Combination
Finest
Leather
Luxury
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