Top 44 Quotes by David Rockefeller

About David Rockefeller

These are some quotes by American author David Rockefeller Businessman, who was born on June 15, 1915.

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

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

David Rockefeller

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

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

David Rockefeller

As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us.

As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us.

David Rockefeller

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.

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.

David Rockefeller

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.

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

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.

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

Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility. I do not like to be unkind.

Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility. I do not like to be unkind.

David Rockefeller

A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works.

A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works.

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

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

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

David Rockefeller

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