“I am guilty of using dollar signs as proof of a work of art’s longevity.”

Alcohol was the background color in the fabric of Reggie’s life.

Throughout history, self-styled arbiters have taken it upon themselves to decide the question of what can or cannot be the legitimate purview of art.

Learning astrology is like learning any foreign language. You already have the ideas, concepts, and experiences of your life within you; you are just learning a new language for what you are already experiencing.

No longer are there immutable standards by which to judge ourselves. Image has overtaken reality.

Kind words cost you nothing but are sometimes worth more than a million dollars.

People say, “Do you know how much a million dollars is?” I don’t have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?

I would never condone the burning of a Dan Brown novel, much though I loathe and detest his work. Well, I say work, you know, words, randomly arranged to form millions of dollars… I’m not bitter at all.

Then will come the billion-dollar awards, by enraged juries, to the children and their families. I can’t wait.

The galleries are simply corporations in the art world – “Here’s a million dollars for this latest piece of crap” – but I’m not about to go along with the gallery system.

During the campaign for re-election, Barack Obama at least made vague references to a willingness to accept $3 trillion of reduced spending in exchange for a $1 trillion dollar tax increase.

Dollar depreciation leads to higher inflation and ultimately forces foreign creditors to question their rationale and indeed their sanity for continuing purchases of U.S. Treasuries.

In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.