A biography for Eli Broadhasn’t been written yet.
“I believe in two things: One, Andrew Carnegie said, 'He who dies with wealth dies in shame.' And someone once said, 'He who gives while he lives also knows where it goes.'”
“If you have poor management that's not doing the right job, you end up with unions filling the void and... page after page of work rules and thicker and thicker contracts.”
“Twombly, frankly, was an acquired taste. I was not in love with Twombly the first time I saw one of his paintings.”
“I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business.”
“Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.”
“In high school, I would drive my teachers batty. They would make a statement, and I would say, 'Why is that?' They didn't want to be questioned.”
“Someone once told me I'm a sore winner, and they're right. I rarely take more than a moment to enjoy a success before I'm moving on and looking for the next challenge.”
“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.”
“The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it.”
“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 think over any period of time, especially if you don't use leverage, it is difficult to continually beat the S&P 500.”
“For businesses to be successful, they need to constantly ask the question: 'How can we provide value to our customers?' At the end of the day, that is what matters.”
“I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers.”
“People think it's strange how briskly I move through museums. Sure, I could stand in front of each piece and stare at it for a good long time. But that's not me.”
“I'm naturally curious, and I read four newspapers a day.”
“You always learn lessons in business.”
“Los Angeles is such a great meritocracy. Where can someone with my background - don't have the right family background, the right religion, the right provenance or whatever you want to call it - I come here and I'm accepted. The city's been good to me. And I want to give back.”
“It's hard to explain your emotions when you see a work of art.”
“The first thing I started collecting was stamps. Until I started discovering girls. That was the end of stamps.”
“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.”