"I used to buy a group of objects -- let's say, 10 objects for $US100,000 -- keep 3 or 4 of the best aside and sell th…"

"During the collecting, I don't say anything. When it's done, then I speak."

"My very, very first purchase was when I was about 12 or 13. My father used to take me wherever he went buying or sell…"

"I'm delighted to have every single object that we have, because every one of them is part of that picture. I know eac…"

"Our collection presents the totality of Islamic art, the way it should be presented, from China to North Africa. I di…"

"Ownership is nothing but a myth, we are only a temporary custodian of what we believe we own"

"I think I was utterly blessed to realise that there were a lot of sleeping giants out there all I did is to find them…"

"At this stage of my life with the permission of my family I came up with a sort of square rules of what I want to do …"

"Every object has its note and the combination of them all makes the music. There is not much point just having the le…"

"There are 1.6bn people following the faith of Islam. I realised that no one was representing the core and anchor of t…"