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Paul Getty

10 quotes

Sometimes a single quote is enough to make a name memorable. Paul Getty has given us several. Whether reflecting on Marriage or Art, Paul Getty brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Discover 12 of Paul Getty's most memorable quotes, ranging across Marriage, Art, Success, Nature, and Friendship. To get a sense of their style, try: "Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience."

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

— Paul Getty

Failure

All Quotes by Paul Getty

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

— Paul Getty

Failure

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

— Paul Getty

Success

“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

Marriage

“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

Freedom

“Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience.”

— Paul Getty

Experience

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

— Paul Getty

Marriage

“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

Marriage

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

— Paul Getty

Art

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

— Paul Getty

Art

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

— Paul Getty

Friendship