Part of my attraction to ancient art is that there is an element of risk, of speculation.

I was happier when pursuing success than I was when savoring its fruits; the attraction, perhaps the addiction, was in the process, as much as in its end.

Good investing is a peculiar balance between the conviction to follow your ideas and the flexibility to recognize when you have made a mistake.

The markets are always changing, and the successful trader needs to adapt to these changes.

The balance between confidence and humility is best learned through extensive experience and mistakes.

You have to be intellectually honest with yourself and others. In my judgment, all great investors are seekers of truth.

A good trader has to have three things: a chronic inability to accept things at face value, to feel continuously unsettled, and to have humility.

The hardest thing over the years has been having the courage to go against the dominant wisdom of the time, to have a view that is at variance with the present consensus and bet that view.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the heroes were the long-term investors; today the heroes are the wise guys.

Art is a form of asset. Hedge-fund managers who have made money fast should diversify into other areas.

A little part of my life is built around ancient art.

In every civilized society, there is an established institution put in place to design laws that make people live civilized and having rights and privileges as citizens of that nation.

There are people who come into our lives as welcome as a cool breeze in summer- and last about as long.

A very populous city can rarely, if ever, be well governed.

History may never have all the facts, but history always has the last word.

How you start is important, but it is how you finish that counts. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter.

Love and compassion benefit both ourselves and others. Through kindness to others, your heart and mind will be peaceful and open.

Come, my Lady Dangerous, your Daimons await. (Valerius)

I wouldn't say 'Avatar' changed my life, but it definitely changed my career.

The organs are the horses, the mind is the rein, the intellect is the charioteer, the soul is the rider, and the body is the chariot.

The Taj Mahal appears like a perfect pearl on an azure ground. The effect is such I have never experienced from any work of art.