Paul Getty – 10 Quotes

10 Quotes by Paul Getty

My love of fine art increased – the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.

– Paul Getty

The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.

– Paul Getty

Rhetoric and dialectics can’t change what I have learned from observation and experience.

– Paul Getty

A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature.

– Paul Getty

I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life.

– Paul Getty

During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.

– Paul Getty

A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.

– Paul Getty

Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane once aboard, they turn into passengers. They just sit there.

– Paul Getty

I have never been given to envy – save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily.

– Paul Getty

My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.

– Paul Getty