Ian Schrager Quotes & Sayings

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 life. — Ian Schrager

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

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 sailed around the Turkish islands, the Greek islands and Sicily. — Ian Schrager

People who are successful simply want it more than people who are not. — Ian Schrager

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. — Ian Schrager

Great ideas have no attachment to either money or class. — Ian Schrager

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

Good design is good business. — Ian Schrager

I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons. — Ian Schrager

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

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