David Rockefeller Quotes

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• The negative impact of population growth on all of our planetary ecosystems is becoming appallingly evident. All
• One cannot expect to coast along and rise automatically to the top, no matter what friends you may have in the company. There may have… Along
• I am never angry, although sometimes distressed. Angry
• I do not like to be unkind. Funny
• I realize how fortunate I have been; mine has been a wonderful life. Been
• I think I am basically a happy person. Happy
• 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… Cease
• I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally. Approached
• You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal… Any
• I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education. Child
• I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment. Art
• 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… Basic
• I never kept a diary, but I wrote detailed notes of my travels. Detailed
• Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others. Ability
• Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic. Charitable
• 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… All
• 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… Achievement
• A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works. Alive
• As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us. Belonged
• Eventually, most people felt MoMA had filled a very important gap. Eventually

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