A merchant is someone who figures out how to select, how to smell, how to identify, how to feel, how to time, how to buy, how to sell, and how to hopefully have two plus two equal six.

Most obstacles are inspiration.

I'm an agent of change all day long, and I want to meet other people like that.

I'm always looking over my shoulder, needing to stay ahead of the game.

I don't buy art. I'd rather buy a beautiful location or a beautiful site than buy art. A beautiful home is like owning a beautiful painting, except you can live in it.

People put 'study abroad' on their resume. I actually like when they don't study abroad because that means they aren't entitled.

I'm looking for best practices constantly. Apple has beautiful design, beautiful product, incredibly functional. But mostly it's about picking product, getting behind it, marketing it and introducing it to a customer. What they've done just inspires me.