The Black Forrest
04-07-2007, 07:01
She did a wonders for the art world and was a master fund raiser.
I once heard her tell a story where she was a function with a CEO of a very large company who was known not to care about the arts. She approached him for a million an opera production
He joked and said "Do I have to attend?" She replied "I would like you there." He then said here is a deal. I will give you a million if I don't attend and 900000 if I do.
She said she would take the 900K. One night he and his wife appeared for a production of La Bohème.
A couple weeks later she was at a function of his where they had a dinner with trinkets on all plates but hers. She looked at him and said "Where's mine?" He said "Look under the damn plate" There was a check for $100000. As she said a new lover of the arts was created that night.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19572218/
I once heard her tell a story where she was a function with a CEO of a very large company who was known not to care about the arts. She approached him for a million an opera production
He joked and said "Do I have to attend?" She replied "I would like you there." He then said here is a deal. I will give you a million if I don't attend and 900000 if I do.
She said she would take the 900K. One night he and his wife appeared for a production of La Bohème.
A couple weeks later she was at a function of his where they had a dinner with trinkets on all plates but hers. She looked at him and said "Where's mine?" He said "Look under the damn plate" There was a check for $100000. As she said a new lover of the arts was created that night.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19572218/