I've never seen a great military, political, or corporate leader who was not a great storyteller. Telling stories is a core competency in business, although it's one that we don't pay enough attention to.

The Pantheon was the first church I'd ever seen that had an open view to God

It's disgraceful and embarrassing that the highest technology in a typical city high school in this country is the metal detector the students pass through at the front door.

My mother's an artist. My father was an artist and so I assumed that was normal growing up in art and the art world and spending our time around the world seeing art, experiencing things. It was great.

I was attracted to things that combined art and science equally. I've always been equally interested in art design, science and engineering.

The idea of connecting all people to knowledge and each other is enduring

Most products are ugly. The harsh reality is that in many of these markets, form follows funding. And that products go where the market takes them.