You don't go to a town to present the play and have applause at the end of it, but that's benign conquest. It's a glorious way of exploring other landscapes and other cultures in a very life-affirming way.
Risk is not a dirty word.
The person who figures out how to harness the collective genius of his or her organization is going to blow the competition away.
Human capital will go where it is wanted, and it will stay where it is well treated. It cannot be driven; it can only be attracted.
Information about money has become almost as important as money itself.
All of life is the management of risk, not its elimination.
Capital will always go where it’s welcome and stay where it’s well treated. Capital is not just money. It’s also talent and ideas. They, too, will go where they’re welcome and stay where they are well treated.
I am painting with the same enthusiasm as a Marseillaise eats bouillabaisse. . . I am painting big sunflowers.
The folly of war is that it can have no natural end except in the extinction an entire people.
While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.
You need to keep your creative juices flowing and keep [your] character interesting.