American - Businessman | June 6, 1933 -
Art evokes emotion. It doesn't have to be a thing of beauty.
Eli Broad
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I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers.
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Los Angeles is one of the four cultural capitals of the world, but we don't attract as many cultural tourists as New York, London or Paris. I want to change that.
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I'm strong-willed. Architects are strong-willed. You get the best results with a strong client and a strong architect working together.
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People don't know I've got a deep social conscience. I'm a child of the Depression, born in 1933. My parents were very liberal in their social views.
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Philanthropy is activism.
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You don't support politicians in their elections if whoever's seeking money only has a goal to stay in office or get in office. You have to pick the people who are going to do the best job.
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If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that's fine. I just don't like it when it's inaccurate.
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I don't like to spend time in endless meetings talking about stuff that isn't going to get anything done. I have meetings, but they're short, prompt and to the point.
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I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business.
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My wife was the first art collector in the family, and I didn't become interested until around 1973. The first important artwork we bought was a Van Gogh drawing of two peasant houses in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.
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Most museums - with all their burdens to pay for exhibitions, administration, and security - really don't have any money really to acquire art, with few exceptions.
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