I can imagine no more important contribution to our country's future than a long-term commitment to improving urban K-12 public schools.

There were periods when the art market got overheated, but there is no reason it should appreciate dramatically.

Philanthropy is activism.

How absurd that our students tuck their cell phones, BlackBerrys, iPads, and iPods into their backpacks when they enter a classroom and pull out a tattered textbook.

Anything I do, I spend a lot of time. I do it with passion and intensity. I want to be in charge.

The inability to delegate is one of the biggest problems I see with managers at all levels.

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