There are at least 50 cities in the world that would have liked to obtain the Getty Collection.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What I can say is that there are some collections that come easily, and others that require more work.
When a town doesn't have a book store, it is like something is missing, and unfortunately, fewer and fewer have them.
I wanted more people from my city to be able to have the kind of opportunity that I had.
We saw hundreds of programs to redevelop the central city, the neighborhoods, in the past.
There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
It is always a pleasure to see what NYC, London, Paris and Milan have to offer.
I go through about 140 cities a year.
I used to collect comic books. I had a substantial collection. I collect records also, but those have gone the way of the world.
There were eleven publishers in New York City, and when it was all over, I think it went down to four or five, and then finally just the three of them, the Big Three.
Any city in America would like to get a museum built if they didn't have to pay for it.