I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy..

Contemporary art challenges us.. it broadens our horizons. It asks us to think beyond the limits of conventional wisdom..

Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before..

For businesses to be successful, they need to constantly ask the question: how can we provide value to our customers? At the end of the day, that is ….

Who you spend your life with-much more so than how you choose to spend it-is the most important decision you can make. Do it right. That's the best a….

Time is the most valuable thing you have - and I'm not just talking about the minutes for which you're paid..

Ideas, more than money, are really the currency for success..

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way..

While I am proud of a number of accomplishments, there are real costs to being unreasonable. Long hours. Too little time with family. A near incapaci….

Philanthropy is activism..

The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it..

Public education is the key civil rights issue of the 21st century. Our nation's knowledge-based economy demands that we provide young people from al….

Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts..

Research – and using what you learn from it to analyze every situation – is what separates being unreasonable from being irrational..

No one ever made a million bucks by being cautious or timid or reasonable..

Art evokes emotion. It doesn't have to be a thing of beauty..

There is no substitute for knowledge. To this day, I read three newspapers a day. It is impossible to read a paper without being exposed to ideas. An….

If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it..

To me, money is a means to do good. I reached a point in my life where I had enjoyed tremendous business success that afforded my family everything w….

Charity is just writing checks and not being engaged. Philanthropy, to me, is being engaged, not only with your resources but getting people and your….

Collectors become obsessive and then addicted. You become addicted to art and you can't live without it..