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Natalie Massenet Famous Quotes & Sayings

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I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work.

I'm an accidental entrepreneur.

Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.

Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties.

Even without an economic downturn, women sometimes want to keep their shopping habits to themselves.

People always ask is it hard being an entrepreneur and a mum, and the answer is 'yes.'

I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.

I am honoured and excited to be taking on the role of chairman of the British Fashion Council.

I'm the laziest person I know.

People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.

I've taken the love of fashion from my mother, and journalism from my father.

Be the smartest at the table and you can wear whatever you want.

We're seeing a crazy appetite for people to acquire and invest in British businesses.

We haven't even begun to see just how many transactions are going to take place online.

There is no recipe for success - it is as unique as you are

A tendency to focus on art over business has meant that too many designers have failed to make the most of their critical acclaim.

I believe all positive things and negative things are valuable because they shape you.

If you're a teenager in Palo Alto launching an app, you know from the outset how you plan to finance your business.

Twice I let people talk me out of good ideas.

Pregnancy is a very creative phase for me.

People always say to me, 'You've really strived to redefine retail.' But the reality is, I wanted to redefine magazines.

The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.

I attend Internet conferences all the time, and they literally make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

I think the fashion industry was slightly put off by people they didn't know. They were presented with things like 20-gatefold color brochures.

I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.

British fashion is a serious business. The British fashion industry is worth Â£21bn to the U.K. economy and employs 819,000 people across the country.

Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.

I don't get manicures, pedicures. I don't get my hair done as often as I should.

Anna Wintour has guided me.

Point out the problems, as long as you have a solution. I don't like critics who aren't doers themselves.

When you love something, it doesn't feel like work.

It is a changing world with changing opportunities.

Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.

Every year I go to the Google Zeitgeist conference, which is invite-only, and I'm one of about 20 women and five fashion people out of the 400 there.

100% of Net-a-porter customers have a man in their lives in some capacity, and 59% are married or living with a partner.

As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out of bed.

In order to stay relevant, you have to stay open to new trends and keep educating yourself. You have to keep evolving.

I just wear what I like, and lots of it is British.

Print is at the very, very top in the fashion business - of course it is.

It's a false assumption that people with a lot of money have a lot of free time to shop.

There's no right time to have kids and no perfect formula. The good news is there isn't a wrong way, either.

You can still wear trousers and show off your ankles - which are a nice body part on everyone.

My father always had people around the house who were famous psychics.

Audrey Hepburn has influenced me.

Women just love to shop.

If you want success, be unique.

My personal ambition remains the same - to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life.

Don't let the American accent fool you. I am British.

My dad taught me never to be afraid of what's on the other side of the mountain.

You can no longer just have a magazine that shows you this glossy impervious image of women - in the studio, artificial, wearing a push-up bra.

I love that I love my job, and from what I'm told, that others who I work with do, too.

Net-a-Porter offers catwalk fashion and trend-driven shopping, but for Mr Porter, while fashion is still important, style is key.

When I'm working, I have a hard time switching off, and when I'm not working, I have a hard time thinking of ever wanting to work again.

Even if I am predisposed to shop online, I see bricks and mortar as part of marketing.

For Net-A-Porter and its customers, luxury means exceptional service, 24-7 - wherever they are, whenever they have time.

I realised at a certain point that if I was going to have the kind of life that I fantasised about, I needed to get my act together.

Once you start a business, you have to grow it and grow with it - starting a business is not just for Christmas.

I attended private Catholic schools in Paris and Los Angeles through high school.

The Internet is a gift to fashion.

I love contemporary culture. Even the stuff I don't like.

The interesting thing about London is that there are always stylish surprises around every corner.

I borrowed a creaky laptop from my husband, went into the web, and never came back.

Positivity is like a muscle: keep exercising it, and it becomes a habit.

What seems like a crazy idea today eventually grows. It's a 'with hindsight' thing. One day, someone will turn around and say, 'That was genius.'

The fashion cycle is outdated.

You cannot underestimate the impact the Internet has had on British fashion.

Grown-up clothes are more appealing because customers need to be able to project themselves into them.

Britain has the most creative, dynamic and nimble fashion industry in the world.

My experience is in merging extraordinary creative content with innovative global commerce.

When I was at U.C.L.A., I decided I was going to go to Japan and learn Japanese.

When I was a teenager, a psychic told me, 'Your biggest challenge will be life-work balance.' That's certainly turned out to be true!

Touching clothes is just shopping foreplay, but it's changing. After all, you don't need to try a Mercedes to know that you'd like one.

Never forget that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression - with investors, with customers, with PR, and with marketing.

Moving to L.A. when I was 11 was when my entrepreneurialism started because it's the land of the American dream.

Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.