Ingvar Kamprad

I decided that the stock market was not an option for IKEA. I knew that only a long-term perspective could secure our…

— Ingvar Kamprad

I look at the money I'm about to spend on myself and ask if IKEA's customers could afford it.

— Ingvar Kamprad

Simplicity and common sense should characterize planning and strategic direction.

— Ingvar Kamprad

My theory was that good furniture could be priced so that the man with the flat wallet would be attracted to it,…

— Ingvar Kamprad

Most things remain undone. Glorious future!

— Ingvar Kamprad

If we want to be cost-conscious, we should do it, not just talk about how cost-conscious we are.

— Ingvar Kamprad

You can do so much in 10 minutes time. Ten minutes, once gone, are gone for good. Divide your life into 10-minute…

— Ingvar Kamprad

“Once and for all, we have decided to side with the many.”

— Ingvar Kamprad

I'm a bit tight with money, but so what? I look at the money I'm about to spend on myself and ask…

— Ingvar Kamprad

Making mistakes is the privilege of the active - of those who can correct their mistakes and put them right.

— Ingvar Kamprad

It was our duty to expand. Those who cannot or will not join us are to be pitied. What we want to…

— Ingvar Kamprad

To design a desk which may cost $1,000 is easy for a furniture designer but to design a functional and good desk…

— Ingvar Kamprad

Normally, I try to get my haircut when I'm in a developing country. Last time, it was in Vietnam.

— Ingvar Kamprad

The word impossible has been and must remain deleted from our dictionary,

— Ingvar Kamprad

It is in the nature of Smaland to be thrifty.

— Ingvar Kamprad

I've paid an awful lot of lawyers to protect what I've built. I can only hope the money was well spent.

— Ingvar Kamprad

I see my task as serving the majority of people. The question is, how do you find out what they want, how…

— Ingvar Kamprad

I'm not afraid of turning 80 and I have lots of things to do. I don't have time for dying.

— Ingvar Kamprad

The IKEA spirit is strong and living reality. Simplicity in our behavior gives us strength. Simplicity and humbleness characterize us in our…

— Ingvar Kamprad

IKEA is not completely perfect. It irritates me to hear it said that IKEA is the best company in the world. We…

— Ingvar Kamprad

A better everyday life means getting away from status and conventions -- being freer and more at ease as human beings.

— Ingvar Kamprad

We have to still develop the IKEA group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.

— Ingvar Kamprad

The company will never go to the market. We want to keep strict self-financing.

— Ingvar Kamprad

Waste of resources is a mortal sin at IKEA.

— Ingvar Kamprad

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for…

— Ingvar Kamprad