The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing.

I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.

Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S.

The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing.

Whatever you do, if you do it hard enough you'll enjoy it. The important thing is to work and work hard.

A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works.

There have been people.. ever since I've had any kind of position in the world.. who have accused me of being ruler of the world. I have to say that I think for the large part, I would have to decide to describe them as crack pots. It makes no sense whatsoever, and isn't true, and won't be true, and to raise it as a serious issue seems to me to be irresponsible.