Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before.

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

I am not a patient person. My friends and colleagues will confirm this. But, frankly, we should all feel a little more impatient with the state of public education in America today.

To me, money is a means to do good. I reached a point in my life where I had enjoyed tremendous business success that afforded my family everything we could possibly want. My wife and I then decided that we could use our wealth to make a difference. So we created the Broad Foundations to do four things: to improve urban public education, to support innovative scientific and medical research, to foster art appreciation for audiences worldwide and to support civic initiatives in Los Angeles.

I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers.

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

A real collector does not sell.