People don't know I've got a deep social conscience. I'm a child of the Depression, born in 1933. My parents were very liberal in their social views.

If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it.

I have always believed that every great city in history needs a vibrant center.

Research – and using what you learn from it to analyze every situation – is what separates being unreasonable from being irrational.

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.

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

At a time when all the other builders were selling homes with basements but without carports, we would sell homes without basements and with carports. This allowed us to provide a more appealing product at a lower price. In other words, we felt we would be giving customers greater value.