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

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

The biggest barrier we've seen to student progress is this: School policies and practices often prevent good teachers from doing great work and even dissuade some talented Americans from entering the profession. This needs to change.

I learned to embrace risk, as long as it was well thought out and, in a worst-case scenario, I'd still land on my feet.

If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that's fine. I just don't like it when it's inaccurate.

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

Art evokes emotion. It doesn't have to be a thing of beauty.