If someone can’t give me a good reason why you can’t do something, I find a way to do it.

I don’t want to be in the film business. I’m not even sure it’s a business.

People always say congratulations. When you’re a successful bidder it means you’re willing to spend more money than anyone else. I’m not sure if that’s congratulations or condolences.

Collectors become obsessive and then addicted. You become addicted to art and you can’t live without it.

I’d be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers.

There is no substitute for knowledge. To this day, I read three newspapers a day. It is impossible to read a paper without being exposed to ideas. And ideas – more than money – are the real currency for success.

If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that’s fine. I just don’t like it when it’s inaccurate.

Time is the most valuable thing you have – and I’m not just talking about the minutes for which you’re paid.

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

I learned to embrace risk, as long as it was well thought out and, in a worst-case scenario, I’d still land on my feet.