Quotes by Nicolas Berggruen

Nicolas Berggruen

Brunch is boring, but that’s part of the charm of it.

Boring

Brunch

Charm

California is a place of invention, a place of courage, a place of vision, a place of the future. People who made California what it is were willing to take risks, think outside convention and build.

California

People

Thinking

Everything I do now is about growing the pot to have more to give away.

Giving

Growing

Pot

I can drive. Let’s just say you don’t want to be in the passenger seat.

Passenger Seat

Passengers

Want

I don’t get that much enjoyment out of saying ‘I own it.’

Enjoyment

I wish I was a great writer or a great journalist or a great scientist or a great artist; I’m not.

Artist

Scientist

Wish

If you erased New York, I hate to say it, if you erased Frankfurt, even London, the world would not have changed.

Hate

New York

World

In my teens I was interested in photography. Then I decided that I should learn something about the world of commerce. And I came to America at age 17 to escape Europe. I went to NYU – nothing better than being 17 years old and coming to New York.

New York

Photography

Years

Possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal.

Interesting

Wealth

Zero

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Quotes by Nicolas Berggruen

Nicolas Berggruen

Brunch is boring, but that’s part of the charm of it.

California is a place of invention, a place of courage, a place of vision, a place of the future. People who made California what it is were willing to take risks, think outside convention and build.

Everything I do now is about growing the pot to have more to give away.

I can drive. Let’s just say you don’t want to be in the passenger seat.

I don’t get that much enjoyment out of saying ‘I own it.’

I wish I was a great writer or a great journalist or a great scientist or a great artist; I’m not.

If you erased New York, I hate to say it, if you erased Frankfurt, even London, the world would not have changed.

In my teens I was interested in photography. Then I decided that I should learn something about the world of commerce. And I came to America at age 17 to escape Europe. I went to NYU – nothing better than being 17 years old and coming to New York.

Possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal.

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