A lot of people say there is no happiness in this life and certainly there's no permanent happiness. But self-sufficiency creates happiness.
Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.
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.
Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts.
Contemporary art challenges us. . it broadens our horizons. It asks us to think beyond the limits of conventional wisdom.
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 could use our wealth to make a difference. So we created the Broad Foundations to do four things: to improve urban public education, to support innovative scientific and medical research, to foster art appreciation for audiences worldwide and to support civic initiatives in Los Angeles.
If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it.
Nas is one of the Greatest Ever. Never has and never will need a ghostwriter. That man’s pen and legacy is without question.
Steve Carell, we’ve been nodding at each other for years now.
. . . Baggott enjoys living on the knife edge between hilarity and heartbreak and that makes her a writer after my own heart.
I don't indulge in anything extravagant but I can't keep money in the bank.