Frankly, I'm not sure how far I would get if I attended public school today. It's not just that public schools aren't producing the results we want - it's that we're not giving them what they need to help students achieve at high levels. K-12 education in the United States is deeply antiquated.

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.

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.

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

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

There is no substitute for knowledge. To this day, I read three newspapers a day. It is impossible to read a paper without being exposed to ideas. And ideas - more than money - are the real currency for success.

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