David Rockefeller

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

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

"My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale."

"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."

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

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