In high school, I would drive my teachers batty. They would make a statement, and I would say, 'Why is that?' They didn't want to be questioned.

Art evokes emotion. It doesn't have to be a thing of beauty.

Charity is just writing checks and not being engaged. Philanthropy, to me, is being engaged, not only with your resources but getting people and yourself really involved and doing things that haven't been done before.

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.

The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking extra classes in summer school.

You can have great teachers, but if you don't have a good principal, you won't have a good school.

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.