Virgil Abloh Quotes

You know, you can have someone who's the very best at something, but if there's not that kind of chemistry, collaborating is not going to amount to anything.

There are a lot of people I would have liked to have collaborated with, and would still like to.

In a partnership, it is good to have two partners who have complementary means of action, under the assumption that these two partners sufficiently talk to each other to find out what they want to do together

Partnerships are not just about bowling in tandem all the time. It all is about helping the other guy get in the right frame of mind.

I never thought I'd enjoy collaborating so much, but turns out it feels like a super power if you collab with the right people.

The biggest thing that I learned is when you're building something - especially a project that requires partners - you have to make sure that there is a lot of overlapping desire and a lot of overlapping alignment with the people that you're doing work with.

I like to work with really good professional people - anyone with real talent.

Collaboration is the way to go. It's very timely and fun to do.

The best partnerships aren't dependent on a mere common goal but on a shared path of equality, desire, and no small amount of passion.

Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.

Over time, I've come to recognize what others bring to the table, and I've developed a much more team-based approach. There's the saying that there is no end to what one can achieve if one doesn't have to take the credit for what was achieved.

I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.

You want to work with people you are excited about and they are excited about you. It's a two-way street.

I love collaborating.

Share your profits with all your associates, and treat them as partners. In turn, they will treat you as a partner, and together you will all perform beyond your wildest expectations.

I'm a born collaborator. This is what I was born to do, really.

If you want help from partners, that means listening to them every once in a while.

If you're great, I want to work with you.

I like collaborations, and I like working with people. I do.

It has to be a partnership. I go back to Ted Thompson's opening press conference, and he talked about partnership. We had a hell of a partnership for 12 years.

For me, it's not about being the best designer. I'm interested in being the best partner. The best collaborator.

You cannot build a partnership on four games.

Great partnerships thrive because the people need each other.

Working with someone who's got your best interest at heart can make all the difference.

It's really lonely trying to build something by yourself. It's good to have thought partners to bounce ideas off of.