I'd Rather Be Respected Than Loved.

At A Time When All The Other Builders Were Selling Homes With Basements But Without Carports, We Would Sell Homes Without Basements And With Carports. This Allowed Us To Provide A More Appealing Product At A Lower Price. In Other Words, We Felt We Would Be Giving Customers Greater Value.

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.

Philanthropy Is Activism.

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.

Who You Spend Your Life With-much More So Than How You Choose To Spend It-is The Most Important Decision You Can Make. Do It Right. That's The Best Advice I Can Give You.