128 Quotes by J. Paul Getty

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

In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.

I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.

In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.

Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses.

Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.

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

Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it.