Any city in America would like to get a museum built if they didn't have to pay for it.

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it.

Philanthropy is activism.

I am old enough to remember when America's K-12 public schools were the best in the world. I am a proud graduate of them, and I credit much of my success to what I learned in Detroit Public Schools and at Michigan State University.

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

Managers are responsible for setting workplace policies under which teachers can succeed. Managers are responsible for negotiating contracts that create the conditions under which teachers can succeed.