Does any art have a practical value? People love to talk about how expensive a painting is. That's the only way we can talk about paintings in this century.

You can't be a sort of pioneer.

The Atlantic Ocean was something then.

People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do.

I only do business with the people I do business with. The people I do business with find out I do business with the people I don't do business with.... I can't do business with you.

However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet.

I think that every year that the New York City Ballet is alive is worthy of celebration. Because otherwise the terrible thing is just that we take it for granted.