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Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Random Thoughts

Warren [Buffett] is one of the best learning machines on this earth. The turtles who outrun the hares are learning machines. If you stop learning in this world, the world rushes right by you.

- Charlie Munger
http://www.poorcharliesalmanack.com

Spot on.

How To Catch An Art Thief

Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures by Robert K. Wittman with John Shiffman. An absolute must read. http://www.robertwittmaninc.com

Modern Indian Art: The Birth Of A Market

Mukti Khaire was spot on.Many thanks. http://hbswk.hbs.edu/faculty/mkhaire.html

Monday, August 02, 2010

Random Thoughts

In engineering, people have a big margin of safety. But in the financial world, people don’t give a damn about safety. They let it balloon and balloon and balloon. It’s aided by false accounting.

- Charlie Munger
http://www.poorcharliesalmanack.com

So true.

Art News Update

Gail Gregg's opinion piece in ARTnews about labels was interesting. Many thanks.

Useful links:
www.museumca.org
www.dia.org
www.artic.edu