To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business. – J. Paul Getty
There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension. – J. Paul Getty
No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or ‘get rich’ in business by being a conformist. – J. Paul Getty
There are at least 50 cities in the world that would have liked to obtain the Getty Collection. – J. Paul Getty
The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips. – J. Paul Getty
Rhetoric and dialectics can’t change what I have learned from observation and experience. – J. Paul Getty
A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement. – J. Paul Getty
The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances. – J. Paul Getty
During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures. – J. Paul Getty
My love of fine art increased – the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see. – J. Paul Getty
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. – J. Paul Getty