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" My family and I have been blessed with good fortune in the world of business. We've created quite a net worth. My children, two boys, have more money than they will ever need, and they aren't empire builders. "

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" Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts. "

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" I am old enough to remember when America's K-12 public schools were the best in the world. I am a proud graduate of them, and I credit much of my success to what I learned in Detroit Public Schools and at Michigan State University. "

" 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. "

" I believe in two things: One, Andrew Carnegie said, 'He who dies with wealth dies in shame.' And someone once said, 'He who gives while he lives also knows where it goes.' "

" What artists think about the world is often different from how we businessmen see it, and I find that an enriching experience. "

" The unions no longer control the education agenda of the Democratic Party. "

" Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people. "

" I'm naturally curious, and I read four newspapers a day. "

" 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. "

" Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any business background or appetite for imposing appropriate discipline. "

" I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business. "

" I never stay anywhere - parties, museums, meetings - longer than three hours. "

" The happiest people I've found are in science. These people have three times the IQ - maybe I'm exaggerating. They have a higher IQ than I do. They love what they're doing, they have a good family life, they're satisfied. "

" In high school, I would drive my teachers batty. They would make a statement, and I would say, 'Why is that?' They didn't want to be questioned. "

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

" Los Angeles is such a great meritocracy. Where can someone with my background - don't have the right family background, the right religion, the right provenance or whatever you want to call it - I come here and I'm accepted. The city's been good to me. And I want to give back. "

" People think it's strange how briskly I move through museums. Sure, I could stand in front of each piece and stare at it for a good long time. But that's not me. "

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" Museums do not share their collections with other museums unless they get something in exchange. The Metropolitan will deal with the Louvre, but will they send their stuff to Memphis? No. "

" Managers are responsible for setting workplace policies under which teachers can succeed. Managers are responsible for negotiating contracts that create the conditions under which teachers can succeed. "

" To me, unconventional thinking is approaching a problem and asking, 'Why not? Why can't something be done?' If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it. "

" Time is the most valuable thing you have - and I'm not just talking about the minutes for which you're paid. "

" Frankly, I'm not sure how far I would get if I attended public school today. It's not just that public schools aren't producing the results we want - it's that we're not giving them what they need to help students achieve at high levels. K-12 education in the United States is deeply antiquated. "

" As the son of a union activist and a lifelong Democrat, I've always thought that privatizing our public schools is not the answer. We must strengthen public schools. "

" You can have great teachers, but if you don't have a good principal, you won't have a good school. "

" I could live anywhere in the world I want. But Los Angeles is the place to live. "

" 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. "

" I'd rather be respected than loved. "

" There were periods when the art market got overheated, but there is no reason it should appreciate dramatically. "

" I don't see myself as a great discoverer of artists, like Charles Saatchi. "

" If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that's fine. I just don't like it when it's inaccurate. "

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