I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education. In order to appreciate cultures of another nation, one needs to go there, know the people and mingle with the culture of that country. One way to do that, if one is lucky enough, is to buy things from those cultures.

Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others. My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing.

I owe much to mother. She had an expert’s understanding, but also approached art emotionally.

Mother’s interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s.

I was born into wealth and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there like food or air.

Courting Peggy McGrath provided me with a very pleasant diversion and eventually with the most important relationship of my life.

My congratulations on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution.

I am never angry, although sometimes distressed.

I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one’s life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.

I think that the best hope for peace and prosperity in the world is greater cooperation among nations, which in turn will be produced if both our governments and the people of our countries travel more and get to know each other better.