David Rockefeller Quotes

Art and life are inseparable.

Art is such an important part of our culture.

Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.

I think there's something beautiful about the art of making art, and it just will live and breathe.

Without art, you don't have society. It underpins so much.

I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It's definitely one of my greatest joys, and I'm a bit fanatical about certain painters and poets and musicians and sculptors.

The arts are a major life nourishment.

Nature engenders the science of painting.

I have so much love for art.

Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin - find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less.

The art world is filled with vibrancy.

I believe that art elevates humanity. I feel incredibly privileged to be part of that.

Artists make our lives livable and enjoyable.

It's amazing what art can do.

Without electricity, there can be no art.

As long as art is the beauty parlor of civilization, neither art nor civilization is secure.

I look around the world and see so many wonderful things that I love and enjoy and benefit from, whether it's art or music or clothing or food and all the rest. And I'd like to add a little to that goodness.

I want to thank anyone who spends part of their day creating...anybody who spends part of their day sharing their experience with us-I think this world would be unlivable without art and I thank you.

Life and art are not two different things.

Without art there is no hope.

For art is order, but it is born out of the chaos of life.

Art is a sense of magic.

I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets.