David Rockefeller

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.

Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector.

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

Eventually, most people felt MoMA had filled a very important gap.

I can only say that I have had a wonderful life.

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.

I never kept a diary, but I wrote detailed notes of my travels.

I lost in the second round of the French Open and had 10 days off. I went to the Hard Rock Cafe. It was exciting to be away from my parents, to stay in a hotel. Hotels at 17 meant freedom.

The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it.

I go to London, my favourite city in the world, and I feel at home.

Airplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo.

The young people got me interested in aviation. It is part of the motor age. Development is dependent on power.