Effective fund-raising is based on relationships.

Every day you run into artists on the streets in SoHo or other creative people you want to do something with. There's nothing to match that chance encounter.

Many of the museum directors who make an impact personally curate exhibitions.

I want to use whatever connections to get a super-outstanding Basquiat in the White House. It could be one of mine. It could be something that a friend owns.

In the 1970s when I started in the art world, no self-respecting artist would have stood in line to try to get on a television show. It never would have happened.

Effective fund-raising is based on relationships.

One of the interesting things about skateboarding and graffiti is that skateboarding exists in the documentation of an act.