David Rockefeller Art Quotations

My own interest in art was because of my mother. My father didn't like contemporary art, so he didn't give her large sums to spend. So, she began buying prints and drawings. During my school days, I remember sitting in on many of the early meetings.

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

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.

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.

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

I think of art as the highest level of creativity. I was exposed to it since I was very small.

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.

I was brought up feeling that art is a very important part of one's life. It's something that I not only enjoy, it's something I can share with others.

Mother liked beauty wherever she found it, and she found it in many different places, both in nature and in contemporary art. And that's where they pretty much parted company. Father... anything that was abstract would to him automatically be not very good.