“The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment.”
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“Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.”
“Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.”
“I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.”
“The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of men's lives, is, in the best sense of the word, Grotesque.”
“Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!”
“Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.”
“Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.”
“The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business.”
“'Handsome' means many things to many people. If people consider me handsome, I feel flattered - and have my parents to thank for it. Realistically, it doesn't hurt to be good-looking, especially in this business.”
“Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.”
“Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.”
“I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.”
“Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it.”
“I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service.”
“Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always tax-deductible.”
“There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can.”
“I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.”
“Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business.”
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
“There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”
“No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.”
“All lasting business is built on friendship.”
“Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.”