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. — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
To me, money is a means to do good. I reached a point in my life where I had enjoyed tremendous business success that afforded my family everything we could possibly want. My wife and I then decided that we… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
If you ask why I do what I do - I want to make a difference. I don't just want to maintain the status… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
Museums do not share their collections with other museums unless they get something in exchange. The Metropolitan will deal with the Louvre, but will… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
I believe that a newspaper is a great civic asset and that ownership is best in the hands of foundations or wealthy families that… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
Collectors become obsessive and then addicted. You become addicted to art and you can't live without it. — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
It's critical that states improve how teachers are trained, recruited, evaluated, compensated, advanced, and retained. — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way. — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
School boards are, for the most part ,made up of political wannabes who see a board seat as a stepping stone for political office,… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
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… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
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… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
