Michael Steinhardt Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages von Michael Steinhardt:

Speculative joy, the joy derived from being right and being rewarded, may well be similar to the rush felt by a winning gambler.

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

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

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

Michael Steinhardt

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