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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
Only
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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 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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" I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally. "
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" The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing. "
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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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" 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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" As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us. "
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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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" Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic. "
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" I do not like to be unkind. "
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Like
" Eventually, most people felt MoMA had filled a very important gap. "
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People
Felt
Gap
" 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. "
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Art
Modern
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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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Clock
Community
" I never kept a diary, but I wrote detailed notes of my travels. "
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Diary
Kept
" 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
" 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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He
" Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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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Time
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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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" Mother's interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s. "
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