Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts.

A real collector does not sell.

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

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

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

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

Most museums - with all their burdens to pay for exhibitions, administration, and security - really don't have any money really to acquire art, with few exceptions.