If the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) raises the hackles of the conspiracy theorists, the Bilderberg meetings must induce apocalyptic visions of omnipotent international bankers plotting with unscrupulous government officials to impose cunning schemes on an ignorant and unsuspecting world.

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.

The role of a museum of modern art is to make a good selection and identify what we believe to be the coming movements, and that requires taste.

The negative impact of population growth on all of our planetary ecosystems is becoming appallingly evident.

I do not like to be unkind.

I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally.

We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis.