personal philosophy Quotes

The more there is, the less I want. The more man flies to the moon, the more I want to look at a tree.

I realized about 10 years ago that my wealth has to go back to society. A fortune, the size of which is hard to imagine, is best not passed on to one's children. It's not constructive for them.

I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do – in my life – seriously -

When you have a fortune that is almost hard to imagine, the best thing is not to pass that on to one's children. That distorts their life situation.

For me the only things of interests are those linked to the heart

Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.

I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I'm not sure where that is but I know what it is like. It's like Tiffany's.

I definitely think leaving kids massive amounts of money is not a favor to them.

My life isn’t theories and formulae. It’s part instinct, part common sense. Logic is as good a word as any, and I’ve absorbed what logic I have from everything and everyone… from my mother, from training as a ballet dancer,... ...