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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Eli Broad

Education

Today

School

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Teach For America provides one of the most critical pipelines for bringing new talent into public education. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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

Own

Space

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Eli Broad

Think

Stand

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

Eli Broad

Work

Debt

" Being a Midwesterner, I know that many of the middle-class manufacturing jobs that had been at the heart of our economy are either gone or going, and they're not coming back. "

" I'm strong-willed. Architects are strong-willed. You get the best results with a strong client and a strong architect working together. "

" A lot of executives act like their time is worth more than anyone else's. But I always respect an employee who guards his or her time, even from me. "

Eli Broad

Respect

Time

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

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

" I don't think it makes any sense for an individual to invest in common stocks unless they know the company, work at the company, and so on. "