The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking extra classes in summer school.

No one ever made a million bucks by being cautious or timid or reasonable.

I'd rather be respected than loved.

Someone once told me I'm a sore winner, and they're right. I rarely take more than a moment to enjoy a success before I'm moving on and looking for the next challenge.

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.

The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it.