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“I believe there is a relationship between having an interest in the arts and the behaviour of society as a whole. Some politicians find it difficult that the arts is a weapon of happiness... Politics is often about deprivation rather than the opening up of ideas and nourishing creative endeavour.”
“My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how it was going to change their lives.”
| Dinesh D'Souza, Author (1961) |
| James Fenton, Poet (1949) |
| Ella Fitzgerald, Musician (1918) |
| Stephen Gardiner, Architect (1924) |
| John Keble, Clergyman (1792) |
| Albert King, Musician (1923) |
| Jason Lee, Actor (1970) |
| Jerry Leiber, Musician (1933) |
| Leon Battista Alberti, Architect (1472) |
| Indra Devi, Celebrity (2002) |
| Hope Emerson, Actress (1960) |
| Jane Jacobs, Sociologist (2006) |
| Amanullah Khan, Statesman (1960) |