David Rockefeller

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

The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing.

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.

Money can add very much to one’s ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others.

When I see something I like, I buy it, but I do not look for it madly.

It is true that I am often startled and even angered and repulsed by the strange directions and provocative content of new forms that seem to pop up every few months.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

Take the high road, there’s a lot less traffic up there.

Pies, para que los quiero si tengo alas para volar. (“Feet, what do I need them for if I have wings to fly.”)

I don’t necessarily agree with everything I say.

I’ll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours.

You can never get enough of what you don’t really need.

Let us endeavor to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.

When you have the right script for your life, you will always be the star of the show.

Clouds float in the same pattern only once.

Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind.

Three most deleterious things of modern life in their present order of importance are: tobacco, alcohol and intemperate eating. Both alcohol and tobacco are taboo in plants.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

There is no man living who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.

There’s a lot of people out there who go through hard times, and they feel alone. They feel like nobody is there. But I’m in the same boat.