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.

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

If you see a wonderful archaic Greek marble object in a museum, it's not only that it's beautiful, but what comes to your mind is the fact that it's 2,600 or so years old, and it was done by a human being at that time who you have such a limited ability to grasp - and yet you have this enormous ability to grasp.

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.

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

When your views are truly contrarian, they are inevitably uncomfortable. Courage and the ability to withstand pain are required.

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