131 Quotes by Eli Broad

The unions no longer control the education agenda of the Democratic Party.

If you ask why I do what I do - I want to make a difference. I don't just want to maintain the status quo. I want to help people, to work with institutions or create ones when they don't exist.

Managers are responsible for setting workplace policies under which teachers can succeed. Managers are responsible for negotiating contracts that create the conditions under which teachers can succeed.

I am old enough to remember when America's K-12 public schools were the best in the world. I am a proud graduate of them, and I credit much of my success to what I learned in Detroit Public Schools and at Michigan State University.

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.

Anything I do, I spend a lot of time. I do it with passion and intensity. I want to be in charge.

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before.

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 imposing appropriate discipline.