Eli Broad Quotes

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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…
• You can have great teachers, but if you don't have a good principal, you won't have a good school.
• 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…
• Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts.
• 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.
• 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…
• A real collector does not sell.
• Any city in America would like to get a museum built if they didn't have to pay for it.
• Anything I do, I spend a lot of time. I do it with passion and intensity. I want to be in charge.
• Art evokes emotion. It doesn't have to be a thing of beauty.
• Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.
• Collecting is more than just buying objects.
• Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before.
• I don't see myself as a great discoverer of artists, like Charles Saatchi.
• 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…
• I have always believed that every great city in history needs a vibrant center.
• I never stay anywhere - parties, museums, meetings - longer than three hours.
• 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.
• If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that's fine. I just don't like it when it's inaccurate.

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