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.

Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people.

I can't think of another enterprise other than being a homeowner that can't have its debt restructured in bankruptcy. Corporations can but a homeowner can't? Now with securitization the homeowner can't go to the owner of the loan and work things out.

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

I'm strong-willed. Architects are strong-willed. You get the best results with a strong client and a strong architect working together.

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

Contemporary art challenges us.. it broadens our horizons. It asks us to think beyond the limits of conventional wisdom.