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Michael Ovitz

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1591 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

To me, it's the most important holiday of the year.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I love that.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

But success is all those things.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

And success is having accomplished something.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

And it's not definitionally a thing, but it can be.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I was very proud when I contributed to the UCLA Medical Center being built.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I was very proud of

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

When I got IMP to build that and our building for CAA, I'm very proud when I built one of my houses from scratch, you know, that I could do.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I'm very proud sometimes when I buy a piece of art that has a huge, huge impact on my life where someone's really connected with me.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

Success has a lot of parameters.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

It's not a single thing.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

And when people say that to me, like,

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

This is my definition of success and they give me a one word definition.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I can't cope with that because it's just not the case for me.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

It's multifaceted.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

Yeah, it's a lot of things that add up.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

And to me, success is a great Seurat painting.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

Seurat was the great pointillist.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

So if you looked at an inch of his work, they were all dots.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

You look at an inch, you don't see anything.