Top 44 Quotes by David Rockefeller

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

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.

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.

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

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

I hope the Guggenheim plan will be revived.

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.

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.

The Japanese banks are not having an easy time as they once had.

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.