David Rockefeller Quotes
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mother's interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s.
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I think of art as the highest level of creativity. I was exposed to it since I was very small.
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Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others.
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Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility. I do not like to be unkind.
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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.
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Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others. My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing.
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When I see something I like, I buy it, but I do not look for it madly.
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As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us.
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Harvard has played an important role in my life. I was a student, Class of 1936, and I've been on the board of overseers. My experiences there shaped who I am.
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I think I am basically a happy person.
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I never kept a diary, but I wrote detailed notes of my travels.
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I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
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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.
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The Japanese banks are not having an easy time as they once had.
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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.
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I am never angry, although sometimes distressed.
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I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.
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I don't recall that I have said - and I don't think that I really feel - that we need a world government. We need governments of the world that work together and collaborate. But, I can't imagine that there would be any likelihood - or even that it would be desirable - to have a single government elected by the people of the world.
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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.
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Mother liked beauty wherever she found it, and she found it in many different places, both in nature and in contemporary art. And that's where they pretty much parted company. Father... anything that was abstract would to him automatically be not very good.
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I think that the best hope for peace and prosperity in the world is greater cooperation among nations, which in turn will be produced if both our governments and the people of our countries travel more and get to know each other better.