Paul Getty Quotes

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

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

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

What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career.

You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred.

Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation.

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

There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.

The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.

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

Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.

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

My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.

My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols.