Michael Steinhardt Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Michael Steinhardt:
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.
~Michael Steinhardt
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Part of my attraction to ancient art is that there is an element of risk, of speculation.
~Michael Steinhardt
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Art is a form of asset. Hedge-fund managers who have made money fast should diversify into other areas.
~Michael Steinhardt
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The Orthodox believe in Jewish literacy, and most of the rest of us couldn't care less. Rabbis and other creatures have a monopoly on Judaism. This is a turnoff in a world that is increasingly secular and that has turned away from religion. Jews are simply turning away from Judaism.
~Michael Steinhardt
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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.
~Michael Steinhardt
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In North America, the greatest threat to the Jewish people is not the external force of antisemitism, but the internal forces of apathy, inertia and ignorance of our own heritage.
~Michael Steinhardt
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Speculative joy, the joy derived from being right and being rewarded, may well be similar to the rush felt by a winning gambler.
~Michael Steinhardt
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A little part of my life is built around ancient art.
~Michael Steinhardt
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