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

For businesses to be successful, they need to constantly ask the question: how can we provide value to our customers? At the end of the day, that is what matters.

A lot of executives act like their time is worth more than anyone else's. But I always respect an employee who guards his or her time, even from me.

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 don't think the market can keep going up. In the U.S., we see real estate not going up.. houses are selling at lower prices. You can't have anything going up 10 percent to 20 percent to 30 percent indefinitely.

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.