Famous Quotes

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

David Rockefeller on Mom

More quotes about Mom

• "My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her."

  George Washington on Mom

• "The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children."

  Jessica Lange on Mom

• "My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it."

  Mark Twain on Mom

• "Men are what their mothers made them."

  Ralph Waldo Emerson on Mom

• "My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso."

  Pablo Picasso on Mom

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."