David Rockefeller quotes - page 2

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)
My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. View quote
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The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing. View quote
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The Japanese banks are not having an easy time as they once had. View quote
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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. View quote
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I never kept a diary, but I wrote detailed notes of my travels. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think I am basically a happy person. View quote
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MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it. View quote
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I can only say that I have had a wonderful life. View quote
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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)
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. View quote
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Eventually, most people felt MoMA had filled a very important gap. View quote
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If the disagreement was strong enough, we could end up pretty close to the borderline of incivility. View quote
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I think that one of the things that is needed is the fact that I don't think enough people in high positions in our country accept the importance of our world role with sufficient gravity. In other words, I think the tendency, because of politics and getting elected, is to stress local issues; and of course, they are important. But, I would like to see more of the leaders of our country spend more time traveling for one thing, getting to know the world, and studying history. To me, one of the sad things about our country is that our leadership - to a greater extent than I would like - is more concerned about very domestic issues than they are about our relations in the world. View quote
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Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S. View quote
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Mother's interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s. View quote
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Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility. View quote
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Whatever the price of the Chinese Revolution, it has obviously succeeded not only in producing more efficient and dedicated administration, but also in fostering high morale and community of purpose. The social experiment in China under Chairman Mao's leadership is one of the most important and successful in human history. View quote
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If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress. View quote
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I realize how fortunate I have been; mine has been a wonderful life. (David Rockefeller)
I am never angry, although sometimes distressed. View quote
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There have been people.. ever since I've had any kind of position in the world.. who have accused me of being ruler of the world. I have to say that I think for the large part, I would have to decide to describe them as crack pots. It makes no sense whatsoever, and isn't true, and won't be true, and to raise it as a serious issue seems to me to be irresponsible. View quote
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I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education. In order to appreciate cultures of another nation, one needs to go there, know the people and mingle with the culture of that country. One way to do that, if one is lucky enough, is to buy things from those cultures. View quote
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My own interest in art was because of my mother. My father didn't like contemporary art, so he didn't give her large sums to spend. So, she began buying prints and drawings. During my school days, I remember sitting in on many of the early meetings. View quote
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