“I was the only one to work seven years with my uncle, who is quite a d...” — Maurizio Gucci Quote

“I was the only one to work seven years with my uncle, who is quite a difficult guy. With him, it's not living, it's surviving. If he does 100 percent, you have to do 150 percent, to show you can do as well as he does.”

“Once upon a time the 'GG' was a status symbol. It was the reason people were buying.”

“From my father, I got more of the artistic, the human, the sweet part. From my uncle I really learned the business and the market. It's a good combination, no?”

“When you grow up hard, when you grow up surviving, unfortunately, it helps.”

“I was up at 5 A. M. every day, going to the gym, meeting my trainer. He was horrible to me for an hour and a half every morning before the day started. I got my strength up just from surviving him.”

“All of the characters I've had the chance to create are survivors. But we live in a world where surviving makes up most of what we do.”