Eli Broad quotes - page 2

The first thing I started collecting was stamps. Until I started discovering girls. That was the end of stamps. (Eli Broad)
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. View quote
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There were periods when the art market got overheated, but there is no reason it should appreciate dramatically. View quote
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The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking extra classes in summer school. View quote
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You always learn lessons in business. View quote
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School boards are, for the most part,made up of political wannabes who see a board seat as a stepping stone for political office, or well-meaning parents who represent an ethnic group or geography, or have some other narrow interests. Few people on them understand what governance is about. View quote
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I never stay anywhere - parties, museums, meetings - longer than three hours. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'd rather be respected than loved. (Eli Broad)
I believe in two things: One, Andrew Carnegie said, 'He who dies with wealth dies in shame.' And someone once said, 'He who gives while he lives also knows where it goes.' View quote
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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. View quote
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If you have poor management that's not doing the right job, you end up with unions filling the void and... page after page of work rules and thicker and thicker contracts. View quote
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I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers. View quote
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You can have great teachers, but if you don't have a good principal, you won't have a good school. View quote
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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. View quote
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People don't know I've got a deep social conscience. I'm a child of the Depression, born in 1933. My parents were very liberal in their social views. View quote
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Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't see myself as a great discoverer of artists, like Charles Saatchi. (Eli Broad)
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. View quote
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If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that's fine. I just don't like it when it's inaccurate. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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