Most came because they were interested in art; not in buying it, or schmoozing around it, but because they were excited by the amazing concentration of international works under one temporary, tented roof.
"They could pitch in and say, 'Try that!' " He wants information to flow among groups at the Flatiron Institute, too, so there are plenty of chalkboards in the hallways, and communal areas coffee nooks, tuffets arranged in rows where fellows can "sit around and schmooze".
Good at fighting his corner with a succession of governments, he is equally adept at schmoozing collectors around the world in order to procure loans and donations.
While "sitting around," he manages to schmooze long-distance with Hollywood producers, fiddle with half a dozen pet film projects in the early stages of development and talk with directors about new roles.
What this means is that lab monkeys are forced to dance around in circles and schmooze with the right people, saying the right things at the right time to get a tiny slice of the tiny banana pie.
Even after he posed for a formal group photo in the garden, Hollande seemed in no hurry to leave, sticking around to schmooze and pose some more.
I enjoy schmoozing with the people and going around.' He said: 'Listen, if they rob me, they rob me.
He likes the idea of Messrs Clinton and Blair as people to sit down with in a "centre-left forum" where social democratic figures from around the world could schmooze.Mr D'Alema is no schmoozer and no Clinton-Blairite.
President Obama was schmoozing his way around the sports bar Gator's Dockside, chatting up families and posing for photos as part of his campaign bus tour of Florida on Saturday night, when he stopped at a table of 10 people, including several children.
In the past, he has been notably willing to depart from the Democratic Party position if he thought it was wrong, but he has not been the kind of politician who likes to sit around with the folks from the other party and schmooze his way to a deal.
