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" I realize how fortunate I have been; mine has been a wonderful life. "

David Rockefeller

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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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" 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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" 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. "

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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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" I never kept a diary, but I wrote detailed notes of my travels. "

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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. "

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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

" 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. "

David Rockefeller

" 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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" 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

" 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

" 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

" I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master. "

David Rockefeller

" 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

" 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

" 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

" The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing. "

David Rockefeller

" Eventually, most people felt MoMA had filled a very important gap. "

David Rockefeller

" Mother's interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s. "

David Rockefeller

" I think I am basically a happy person. "

David Rockefeller

" I do not like to be unkind. "

David Rockefeller

" Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic. "

David Rockefeller

" MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it. "

David Rockefeller

" My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. "

David Rockefeller

" I hope the Guggenheim plan will be revived. "

David Rockefeller

" 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

" When I see something I like, I buy it, but I do not look for it madly. "

David Rockefeller

" 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. "

David Rockefeller

" I am never angry, although sometimes distressed. "

David Rockefeller

" Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S. "

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