47 Quotes by Lapo Elkann

I am an obsessive personality. And if you are an obsessive personality, you need to be aware of it and be able to drive it with success. There are moments in your life when you are driving it well, but you shift and you shift badly and you hurt yourself.

I am in love with cars; I love anything that moves,

I have many weaknesses, but I have one strength. When I do something, I do it 300 percent. I'm not a middle man.

I like my country, but I don't think like an Italian. It's a complex, complicated difficult country to make things happen in.

I try cars; I try them all. Cars need to be sexy, because we're not talking about biscuits here.

I've lived in London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, New York, and Turin. But New York is my favorite city. It has so much energy, so much toughness.

I don't have an MBA, and I didn't go to Yale. I'm not an academic person and wasn't a good student. Instead, I've been taught by some of the most inspiring people in the world.

'Made in Italy' is from the tycoons of the '80s, not me. It is people who represent an Italy which I don't belong to and I don't feel a part of.

I love challenges, and I believe that the challenge of quality cinema should not be underestimated as an important part of the Italian cultural offer.