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" 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
History
Mother
Me
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I hope the Guggenheim plan will be revived. "
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" The Japanese banks are not having an easy time as they once had. "
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" Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic. "
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" I think I am basically a happy person. "
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" Eventually, most people felt MoMA had filled a very important gap. "
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Felt
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" I am never angry, although sometimes distressed. "
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Sometimes
Angry
" 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. "
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Art
Feeling
" Mother's interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s. "
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" I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master. "
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People
Believe
Government
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
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Past
Lot
In The Past
" 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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Think
Creativity
Art
" MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it. "
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Doubling
Decided
Money
" Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S. "
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Ancient
World
Taste
" I never kept a diary, but I wrote detailed notes of my travels. "
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Notes
Diary
Kept
" The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing. "
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Part
Upbringing
Christian
" 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. "
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Support
Play
Important
" 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. "
David Rockefeller
Wonderful
Life
I Can
" 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
Creation
Clock
Community
" I do not like to be unkind. "
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Unkind
Like
" 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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Student
Life
Important
" 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. "
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Life
I Am
Relationship
" Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility. I do not like to be unkind. "
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Only
Life
Edge
" 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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Small
Heart
Kindness
" I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally. "
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Art
Mom
Mother
" 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. "
David Rockefeller
Nature
Good
Beauty