Millard Drexler Born : August 17, 1944 Browse All Authors Top 22 quotes by Millard Drexler I don't buy art. I'd rather buy a beautiful location or a beautiful site than buy art. A beautiful home is like owning a beautiful painting, except you can live in it. Millard Drexler home beautiful art You can't run a business without taking risks. Millard Drexler risk business running I'm always looking over my shoulder, needing to stay ahead of the game. Millard Drexler ahead-of-the-game shoulders games I think the key to success is vision that adjusts on the way, but doesn’t at all falter. It’s about not compromising and following your gut to a certain degree, based on knowledge, instinct, etc. And not listening to the naysayers.... You develop strength through adversity. You have to keep moving towards your goal through huge obstacles. Millard Drexler adversity moving thinking Good taste shouldn't have to cost anything extra. Millard Drexler extras cost taste Everything has a trend to it; I don't care if it's appliances or engines. I always ask: What has a company done in the past five years that somebody's noticed? Millard Drexler done past years Creativity runs on automatic, no matter what's happening in other parts of my life. I can't help myself. It's been in me, and it evolves in me over the years. It's a condition in me. Millard Drexler creativity running years I'm looking for best practices constantly. Apple has beautiful design, beautiful product, incredibly functional. But mostly it's about picking product, getting behind it, marketing it and introducing it to a customer. What they've done just inspires me. Millard Drexler best-practices apples beautiful If you don't get trained for your SATs in America today, you are at a disadvantage. Training is expensive and a lot of kids don't get trained, perhaps. So I also identify with the kid or the person who has grown up in environments like I've grown up in. Millard Drexler training kids america Most obstacles are inspiration. Millard Drexler obstacles inspiration America's companies are built to destroy creativity. Millard Drexler company creativity america The first thing you see when you walk into a store is color. Millard Drexler stores color firsts People put 'study abroad' on their resume. I actually like when they don't study abroad because that means they aren't entitled. Millard Drexler study mean people A merchant is someone who figures out how to select, how to smell, how to identify, how to feel, how to time, how to buy, how to sell, and how to hopefully have two plus two equal six. Millard Drexler smell six two What matters is hard work, and emotional intelligence. Millard Drexler what-matters emotional hard-work I consider a merchant someone who has a certain intuition and instinct, and - very important - knows how to run a business, knows the numbers. Millard Drexler intuition running numbers I like to prove things wrong. Millard Drexler prove I love to work. I have a passion for what I do. Millard Drexler passion I spot detail quickly. Millard Drexler spots details I'm an agent of change all day long, and I want to meet other people like that. Millard Drexler agents long people
