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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. "

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" The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it. "

Eli Broad

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" If you have poor management that's not doing the right job, you end up with unions filling the void and... page after page of work rules and thicker and thicker contracts. "

" I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy. "

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

" Collecting is more than just buying objects. "

" Someone once told me I'm a sore winner, and they're right. I rarely take more than a moment to enjoy a success before I'm moving on and looking for the next challenge. "

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

" I've become convinced that Los Angeles is going to become the next contemporary art capital - no other city has more contemporary gallery space than Los Angeles. We've come into our own, finally. "

Eli Broad

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Space

" Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Charity is just writing checks and not being engaged. Philanthropy, to me, is being engaged, not only with your resources but getting people and yourself really involved and doing things that haven't been done before. "

Eli Broad

Yourself

Charity

" 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. "

" Philanthropy is activism. "

Eli Broad

Activism

Philanthropy

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Twombly, frankly, was an acquired taste. I was not in love with Twombly the first time I saw one of his paintings. "

" I don't like to spend time in endless meetings talking about stuff that isn't going to get anything done. I have meetings, but they're short, prompt and to the point. "

" 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. "