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David Rockefeller
David Rockefeller
American Businessman
Born: Jun 12, 1915
Died: Mar 20, 2017
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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
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I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally. David Rockefeller
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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
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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. David Rockefeller
Service Kindness You Heart Out Small Check Nevertheless Know Gentlemen Revenue Owe Personal Send Any Tax Then Internal Income Now Now And Then Income Tax
I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment. David Rockefeller
Art Me Creativity Think Highest Highest Level Greatest Sources Level Enjoyment
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
Art Good Believe Selection Identify Make Coming Role Taste Modern Modern Art Movements Requires Museum
As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us. David Rockefeller
Family Recognized Exceptional Unusual Effect Children Different Us Even Each Belonged
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
Art Me History Appreciation Mother About More Over Learned Years Historians Art History Than Informed Aspects Who Technical
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
Important Local Corporations Allocating Support Also Discharge Understand Important Role Role Begun Suspect Them Communities Many Groups Helps Function Lives Play Image Funds
I think I am basically a happy person. David Rockefeller
Happy Think Am Person Happy Person Basically
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
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MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it. David Rockefeller
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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. David Rockefeller
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Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S. David Rockefeller
World Mother Ancient Eclectic Contemporary Taste Europe
My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. David Rockefeller
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Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility. I do not like to be unkind. David Rockefeller
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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. David Rockefeller
Today Art Past Changed Considered Would Been Lot Done Conventional In The Past Notions Works Things Rejected
The Japanese banks are not having an easy time as they once had. David Rockefeller
Time Once Easy Having Had Banks Japanese
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
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When I see something I like, I buy it, but I do not look for it madly. David Rockefeller
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I am never angry, although sometimes distressed. David Rockefeller
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I was brought up feeling that art is a very important part of one's life. It's something that I not only enjoy, it's something I can share with others. David Rockefeller
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For more than 40 years, I have advocated the creation of a 'round the clock' community. This would mean, at the least, housing, schools and shops of various kinds alongside the commercial buildings. That kind of community had appeared in lower Manhattan in nascent form before Sept. 11, 2001. David Rockefeller
Before Creation Community Kind Would Kinds More Various Had Alongside Schools Housing Buildings Least Nascent Years Clock Commercial Than Shops Manhattan Form Mean Lower Sept Appeared Round
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. David Rockefeller
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