“The artist at her best - wild, passionate, rebellious, and human - is often too large and truthful a creature for society's taste. The artist at her most outlandish - profane, eccentric, even a little mad - is at least as disquieting a figure.” HumansLittlesArtistFiguresTasteCreaturesMadPassionateTruthfulTemperamentRebelliousEccentricProfaneOutlandish Author:Eric Maisel
“When did the word 'temperament' come into fashion with us? Perhaps it came in when we discovered that artists were human beings.” HumansArtistHuman BeingsFashionTemperament Book:Modes and Morals Source: Modes and Morals
“You must have the discipline and temperament to resist your impulses. Human beings have precisely the wrong instincts when it comes to the markets. If you recognise this, you can resist the urge to buy into a rally and sell into a decline. It’s also helpful to remember the power of compounding. You don’t need to stretch for returns to grow your capital over the course of your life.” IfsNeedsHumansRememberCoursesGrowsHuman BeingsReturnDisciplineSellsInstinctImpulseUrgesHelpfulDeclineTemperamentRecognise Author:Irving Kahn