Mother's interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s.

The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have been rejected in the past.

I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master.

You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart.

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

The Japanese banks are not having an easy time as they once had.

I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education. In order to appreciate cultures of another nation, one needs to go there, know the people and mingle with the culture of that country. One way to do that, if one is lucky enough, is to buy things from those cultures.