If you have poor management that's not doing the right job, you end up with unions filling the void and... page after page of work rules and thicker and thicker contracts.

I'd rather be respected than loved.

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

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.

There were periods when the art market got overheated, but there is no reason it should appreciate dramatically.

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

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