Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people.

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

My wife was the first art collector in the family, and I didn't become interested until around 1973. The first important artwork we bought was a Van Gogh drawing of two peasant houses in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.

Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any business background or appetite for imposing appropriate discipline.

If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that's fine. I just don't like it when it's inaccurate.

For businesses to be successful, they need to constantly ask the question: how can we provide value to our customers? At the end of the day, that is what matters.

I learned to embrace risk, as long as it was well thought out and, in a worst-case scenario, I'd still land on my feet.