Eli Broad Quotes
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I have always believed that every great city in history needs a vibrant center.
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Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.
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The first thing I started collecting was stamps. Until I started discovering girls. That was the end of stamps.
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I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers.
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School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs.
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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.
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Art evokes emotion. It doesn't have to be a thing of beauty.
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I never stay anywhere — parties , museums, meetings — longer than 3 hours.
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Any city in America would like to get a museum built if they didn't have to pay for it.
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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.
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I can imagine no more important contribution to our country's future than a long-term commitment to improving urban K-12 public schools.
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I don't think the market can keep going up. In the U.S., we see real estate not going up.. houses are selling at lower prices. You can't have anything going up 10 percent to 20 percent to 30 percent indefinitely.
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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.
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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.
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Collectors become obsessive and then addicted. You become addicted to art and you can't live without it.
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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.
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Contemporary art challenges us.. it broadens our horizons. It asks us to think beyond the limits of conventional wisdom.
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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.
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Ideas, more than money, are really the currency for success.
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Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people.
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I'd rather be respected than loved.
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Philanthropy is activism.
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Time is the most valuable thing you have - and I'm not just talking about the minutes for which you're paid.
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Collecting is more than just buying objects.
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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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I believe that a newspaper is a great civic asset and that ownership is best in the hands of foundations or wealthy families that want to own it for reasons other than maximizing profits. I also believe newspapers should remain in local hands.
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I learned to embrace risk, as long as it was well thought out and, in a worst-case scenario, I'd still land on my feet.
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Anything I do, I spend a lot of time. I do it with passion and intensity. I want to be in charge.
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There is no substitute for knowledge. To this day, I read three newspapers a day. It is impossible to read a paper without being exposed to ideas. And ideas - more than money - are the real currency for success.
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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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