Mr. Phillips said he didn't want a conventional art museum. His favorite verb was 'to linger,' meaning to spend time and listen, to learn the vocabulary of the painting. This is something you don't want to mess with.

This is a special time. In terms of the art museum overall, we're moving full speed ahead.

It's the lowest of the low when someone solicits funds ... We don't want one more penny from well-meaning donors going through this hater.

It is an outrage for someone to solicit funds from well-meaning Americans eager to lend a helping hand to the victims of hurricane Katrina, only to funnel those donations to something that is nothing more than a racist hate site, ... Donors to the thousands of legitimate and worthwhile charities providing hurricane relief need to be reassured that their hard-earned dollars are going toward their intended purpose, and flim-flam artists working this tragedy for personal gain will not be tolerated.

It is an outrage for someone to solicit funds from well-meaning Americans eager to lend a helping hand to the victims of hurricane Katrina, only to funnel those donations to something that is nothing more than a racist hate site.

In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.