“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.”
“Americans are opting out of public venues like the playground and the sidewalk for private venues like the healthclub and the mall. We're living our lives inside one form of corporation or another.”
| Tori Amos, Musician (1963) |
| Henri Cartier-Bresson, Photographer (1908) |
| Claude Debussy, Composer (1862) |
| Julius J. Epstein, Dramatist (1909) |
| Charles Fillmore, Educator (1854) |
| Valerie Harper, Actress (1940) |
| Peter James, Writer (1948) |
| Nina Bawden, Writer (2012) |
| Charles W. Eliot, Educator (1926) |
| Charles William Eliot, Educator (1926) |
| James T. Farrell, Novelist (1979) |
| Luc Ferrari, Composer (2005) |
| Eric Johnston, Businessman (1963) |
| Jack Layton, Politician (2011) |
| Jerry Leiber, Musician (2011) |