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" School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" Collecting is more than just buying objects. "

" It's hard to explain your emotions when you see a work of art. "

" The American people frankly have been, over many, many years - to be blunt - fat, dumb and happy. If they want their children to compete with children in India, China or Korea, they better get them a far better education. "

" I've got a big ego, I admit it; I'm ego-driven. "

" I believe in the democratization of the arts. What do I mean by that? I think museums, with some exceptions, have a responsibility to educate a much broader public. "

" Anything I do, I spend a lot of time. I do it with passion and intensity. I want to be in charge. "

" The inability to delegate is one of the biggest problems I see with managers at all levels. "

" Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before. "

" I never play golf because it takes too long, and the business connections it produces can be made just as easily over an early breakfast. "

" 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. "

" I have always believed that every great city in history needs a vibrant center. "

" If you ask why I do what I do - I want to make a difference. I don't just want to maintain the status quo. I want to help people, to work with institutions or create ones when they don't exist. "

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

" How absurd that our students tuck their cell phones, BlackBerrys, iPads, and iPods into their backpacks when they enter a classroom and pull out a tattered textbook. "

" The first thing I started collecting was stamps. Until I started discovering girls. That was the end of stamps. "

" 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. "

" I can't think of another enterprise other than being a homeowner that can't have its debt restructured in bankruptcy. Corporations can but a homeowner can't? Now with securitization the homeowner can't go to the owner of the loan and work things out. "

" Any city in America would like to get a museum built if they didn't have to pay for it. "

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

" Oprah Winfrey's global influence is unparalleled. Not only has her generosity and firm belief that education is the key to a better life benefited countless women and children around the world, but her example has also inspired millions of people to give back in ways big and small. "

" 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. "

" You don't support politicians in their elections if whoever's seeking money only has a goal to stay in office or get in office. You have to pick the people who are going to do the best job. "

" School boards are, for the most part,made up of political wannabes who see a board seat as a stepping stone for political office, or well-meaning parents who represent an ethnic group or geography, or have some other narrow interests. Few people on them understand what governance is about. "

" In America, what you've accomplished financially is a measurement, whether you like it or not. "

" 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. "

" I think the opera is one of the great cultural jewels of Los Angeles. "