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.

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.

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

Brokerage firms don't sell customers stock so much as they sell those horrible mutual funds

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