Ingvar Kamprad Ikea Quotations

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

What is good for our customers is also in the long run good for us.

Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.

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

Waste of resources is a mortal sin at IKEA.

To design a desk which may cost $1,000 is easy for a furniture designer but to design a functional and good desk which shall cost only $50 can only be done by the very best

IKEA is not completely perfect. It irritates me to hear it said that IKEA is the best company in the world. We are going the right way to becoming it but we are not there yet.

The IKEA spirit is strong and living reality. Simplicity in our behavior gives us strength. Simplicity and humbleness characterize us in our relations with each others, our suppliers and our customers.

Simplicity and common sense should characterize planning and strategic direction.

I'm a bit tight with money, but so what? I look at the money I'm about to spend on myself and ask myself if IKEA's customers can afford it... I could regularly travel first class, but having money in abundance doesn't seem like a good reason to waste it.. If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the IKEA employees.

Making mistakes is the privilege of the active. It is always the mediocre people who are negative, who spend their time proving that they were not wrong.