David Rockefeller Quotes

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.

Populists and isolationists ignore the tangible benefits that have resulted from our active international role during the past half-century.

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

MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it.

...somebody has to take governments' place, and business seems to me to be a logical entity to do it.

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.

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis.

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work

There have been people.. ever since I've had any kind of position in the world.. who have accused me of being ruler of the world. I have to say that I think for the large part, I would have to decide to describe them as crack pots. It makes no sense whatsoever, and isn't true, and won't be true, and to raise it as a serious issue seems to me to be irresponsible.

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