Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector.

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.

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work

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.

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

Whatever the price of the Chinese Revolution, it has obviously succeeded not only in producing more efficient and dedicated administration, but also in fostering high morale and community of purpose. The social experiment in China under Chairman Mao's leadership is one of the most important and successful in human history.

I think I am basically a happy person.