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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. "
David Rockefeller
Student
Life
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" 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 realize how fortunate I have been; mine has been a wonderful life. "
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" I do not like to be unkind. "
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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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" Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S. "
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" Eventually, most people felt MoMA had filled a very important gap. "
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Felt
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" Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic. "
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Than
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" 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. "
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City
" My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. "
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Along
Philanthropy
Grandfather
" I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally. "
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Art
Mom
Mother
" 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
Child
Culture
Education
" As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us. "
David Rockefeller
Different
Us
Family
" I can only say that I have had a wonderful life. "
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Wonderful
Life
I Can
" Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility. I do not like to be unkind. "
David Rockefeller
Only
Life
Edge
" 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
Museum
Art
Modern
" 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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Father
" The Japanese banks are not having an easy time as they once had. "
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Time
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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. "
David Rockefeller
Mother
Father
School
" A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works. "
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Museum
Mean
Alive
" When I see something I like, I buy it, but I do not look for it madly. "
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I See
Like
Look
" MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it. "
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Doubling
Decided
Money
" I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master. "
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Believe
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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. "
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You
Values
" 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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Son
Perfection
He