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

Bilderberger Meeting: The world is now more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government.

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.

They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a very progressive person, and not everybody liked the paintings she bought.

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

I met many Russians over the years who were convinced my brothers and I were a cabal, pulling strings behind the scenes to shape American policy. The Soviets had no conception of how a pluralistic democracy works and believed elected officials, up to and including the president of the United States, were only figureheads acting out the roles dictated to them by the real "powers that be" - in this case, my family.

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