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David Rockefeller
American
Businessman
About the author
I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#People
#Government
The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Christian
The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have been rejected in the past.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Art
#Past
#Today
The Japanese banks are not having an easy time as they once had.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Time
#Banks
A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Old
As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Children
#Family
#Effect
By a museum, I assume you mean an institution dedicated to the events of Sept. 11 and the aftermath. If that is done with sensitivity, I think it would be most appropriate.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Events
#Sensitivity
Eventually, most people felt MoMA had filled a very important gap.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#People
Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Being
#Achievement
#Perfection
#Son
#Father
#Heir
Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Life
#Ability
#Money
I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Life
#Will
#Friends
#Relatives
You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Now
#Heart
#Tax
#Service
#Kindness
#Income
#Gentlemen
When you have a lot of resources, the most important thing is to have had good parents and to have been brought up by people who gave one the proper values.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#People
#Parents
#Values
When I see something I like, I buy it, but I do not look for it madly.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a very progressive person, and not everybody liked the paintings she bought.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Art
#Mother
#Artists
The role of a museum of modern art is to make a good selection and identify what we believe to be the coming movements, and that requires taste.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Art
#Taste
The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Art
#Sense
#Design
The attacks on the World Trade Center and the current economic recession, which is particularly powerful in New York City, have put a number of building plans on hold for the time being.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Time
#Building
#World
#Being
#Trade
Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Public
#Needs
#Society
#Philanthropy
Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Life
My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Father
#Philanthropy
Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Nature
#Giving
#Corporate
Mother's interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#American
#Mother
#Artists
#Interest
I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Art
#Understanding
#Mother
I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Time
#Education
#Travel
I can only say that I have had a wonderful life.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Life
I do not like to be unkind.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
I hope the Guggenheim plan will be revived.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Hope
#Will
Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#World
#Europe
#Mother
#Taste
I never kept a diary, but I wrote detailed notes of my travels.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
I suspect that many corporations have begun to understand that they have an important role to play in the lives of their communities, and that allocating funds to support local groups helps them discharge that function and also burnish their image.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Support
#Play
#Corporations
I think I am basically a happy person.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Art
#Creativity
#Enjoyment
It is true that I am often startled and even angered and repulsed by the strange directions and provocative content of new forms that seem to pop up every few months.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Months
#Content
#Provocative
MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Money
#Space
I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years.
David Rockefeller,
American
Businessman
#Art
#Years
#History
#Mother
#Historians
#Appreciation