Quotes by David Rockefeller

About David Rockefeller:

David Rockefeller is an American banker who served as chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan Corporation. He is the oldest living member of the Rockefeller family and family patriarch since July 2004. Rockefeller is also the only surviving child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, and the only surviving grandchild of John D. Rockefeller and Laura Spelman 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.

David Rockefeller

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

David Rockefeller

I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.

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.

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

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.

David Rockefeller

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.

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

I think of art as the highest level of creativity. I was exposed to it since I was very small.

David Rockefeller

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.

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 ver...

David Rockefeller

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

David Rockefeller

I hope the Guggenheim plan will be revived.

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 am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education.

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 w...

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

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

David Rockefeller

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

David Rockefeller

Author Bio

  • NameDavid Rockefeller
  • DescriptionAmerican banker and philanthropist
  • BornJune 12, 1915
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionArt Collector; Banker; Autobiographer
  • AwardsGrand Cross Of The Legion Of Honour; Commander Of The Order Of The Crown; Legionnaire Of Legion Of Merit; Grand Cross Of The Order Of Merit Of The Federal Republic Of Germany With Star; Presidential Medal Of Freedom