You always learn lessons in business.

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

I never play golf because it takes too long, and the business connections it produces can be made just as easily over an early breakfast.

Collectors become obsessive and then addicted. You become addicted to art and you can't live without it.

I believe that a newspaper is a great civic asset and that ownership is best in the hands of foundations or wealthy families that want to own it for reasons other than maximizing profits. I also believe newspapers should remain in local hands.

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.

A lot of executives act like their time is worth more than anyone else's. But I always respect an employee who guards his or her time, even from me.