Carmen Busquets

My parents sent me from Venezuela to the Convent of Our Lady, a boarding school in Hastings, which was horrible - like…

— Carmen Busquets

My creative side is identifying all these great entrepreneurial creative people that come up with great ideas, whether they are in fashion…

— Carmen Busquets

I rarely have time for lunch, so tend to have a big breakfast and big dinner.

— Carmen Busquets

Why give a million dollars to someone if they have not proved that they can make a million dollars?

— Carmen Busquets

Investors are impatient and they are also desperate for the 'next big thing,' and they are not paying attention to the fact…

— Carmen Busquets

When I was young I would spend more money than I should with my credit card but my father cut it off,…

— Carmen Busquets

For me, the winning strategy in any start-up business is, 'Think big but start small.'

— Carmen Busquets

I have a funny accent in every language.

— Carmen Busquets

People need patience. It takes time to build a brand.

— Carmen Busquets

I've lived with someone and probably will again, but I don't want children and I have known that since I was little.…

— Carmen Busquets

My mother was a sociologist and an intellectual, and my father was an industrialist with a business in copper and aluminum wire.…

— Carmen Busquets

I look for individuality in the artisans I work with for CoutureLab; a loving relationship with the product and care in the…

— Carmen Busquets

Customers want to buy something which is not expensive because of a label but which is costly because of the time taken…

— Carmen Busquets

So I'm half deaf - and dyslexic. How about that? Nobody's perfect, and I'm proud of my defects.

— Carmen Busquets

Sometimes I make it to parties and sometimes I don't. Social life is always something you can go back to.

— Carmen Busquets

I was always into fashion, and used to go on spending sprees when I was a university student in Miami. My father…

— Carmen Busquets