Famous Quotes

"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 on History

More quotes about History

• "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

  Confucius on History

• "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew."

  Abraham Lincoln on History

• "A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history."

  Mahatma Gandhi on History

• "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little."

  Franklin D. Roosevelt on History

• "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."

  Thomas Jefferson on History

More quotes by 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."