"It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. It …"

"My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back."

"I'm like Robin Hood. I rob the rich to make these projects come alive... not really rob. It's done with a smile."

"I have a divine right to be rich."

"I am a woman of the people. I understand their needs and their dreams."