The Fall is an offense to human reason, but once accepted, it makes perfect sense of the human condition.
I think over any period of time, especially if you don't use leverage, it is difficult to continually beat the S&P 500.
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.
You train yourself in the art of being mysterious to everyone. My dear friend! What if there were no one, who cared about guessing your riddle, what pleasure would you then take in it?
I'm not somebody who goes to church on a regular basis. The specific elements of Christianity are not something I'm a huge believer in.
I don't have a clue about the way to achievement, however the way to disappointment is attempting to please everyone.
In a sense, it's less about seeing how high up I can vault than about seeing how deeply I can explore my potential. . . Ambition for me is about the willingness to work, the ability to mine my own soul fearlessly.