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I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.
David Rockefeller
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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.
David Rockefeller
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Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility.
David Rockefeller
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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
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When I see something I like, I buy it, but I do not look for it madly.
David Rockefeller
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The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing.
David Rockefeller
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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
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MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it.
David Rockefeller
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I never kept a diary, but I wrote detailed notes of my travels.
David Rockefeller
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I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
David Rockefeller
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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.
David 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
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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
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