“There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of root beer than you ever thought possible.”

God help us if we ever take the theater out of the auction business or anything else. It would be an awfully boring world.

Become an expert in one fundamental area of your market or business, no one starts out as a generalist.

The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.

Poetry is the loveliest art. It has a wretched way of revealing our own character when we think we are judging the poets.

The definition of salesmanship is the gentle art of letting the customer have it your way.

There is an art to science, and a science in art; the two are not enemies, but different aspects of the whole.

She creates art because its the closest she can get to her heart.

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run.

That’s something I like about drag – I get to do everything. Collaborative arts are hard for me because I don’t really like to relinquish control.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.