I never play golf because it takes too long, and the business connections it produces can be made just as easily over an early breakfast.

Most museums - with all their burdens to pay for exhibitions, administration, and security - really don't have any money really to acquire art, with few exceptions.

Museums do not share their collections with other museums unless they get something in exchange. The Metropolitan will deal with the Louvre, but will they send their stuff to Memphis? No.

I never stay anywhere — parties , museums, meetings — longer than 3 hours.

Ideas, more than money, are really the currency for success.

I'm strong-willed. Architects are strong-willed. You get the best results with a strong client and a strong architect working together.

A lot of executives act like their time is worth more than anyone else's. But I always respect an employee who guards his or her time, even from me.