This present window of opportunity, during which a truly peaceful and interdependent world order might be built, will not be open for too long - We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order.

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

As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us.

When you have a lot of resources, the most important thing is to have had good parents and to have been brought up by people who gave one the proper values.

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.

It is true that I am often startled and even angered and repulsed by the strange directions and provocative content of new forms that seem to pop up every few months.

My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale.