“One of my favorite works (and artists) in our collection is Attempt to Speak Clearly by Ummarid 'Tony' Eitharong. I was first attracted to Tony's work when I saw his abstract paintings at Mayfaire by-the-Lake.”

“I was born 30 days before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, and everything and everyone in this screen-print by Robert Rauschenberg either lived or occurred before my time. “

“I realize, looking back now, why I always go back to Neel and that show: I love those artists, in particular, whose styles are inimitably and unmistakably theirs. You KNOW a Neel when you see one.”