I never stay anywhere — parties , museums, meetings — longer than 3 hours.

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

Museums do not share their collections with other museums unless they get something in exchange. The Metropolitan will deal with the Louvre, but will they send their stuff to Memphis? No.

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

The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it.

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

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.