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.
We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis...
This present window of opportunity, during which a truly peaceful and interdependent world order might be built, will not be open for too long – We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order.
The negative impact of population growth on all of our planetary ecosystems is becoming appallingly evident.
I hope the Guggenheim plan will be revived.
Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.
I suspect that many corporations have begun to understand that they have an important role to play in the lives of their communities, and that allocating funds to support local groups helps them discharge that function and also burnish their image.
A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works.
I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education.
Populists and isolationists ignore the tangible benefits that have resulted from our active international role during the past half-century.
My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale.