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

David Rockefeller

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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. "

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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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" 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. "

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

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" I hope the Guggenheim plan will be revived. "

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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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" 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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" I can only say that I have had a wonderful life. "

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

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" I do not like to be unkind. "

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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. "

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" I am never angry, although sometimes distressed. "

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

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

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

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" I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally. "

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