What We Hold In Our Heads -

Change Begins With Understanding And Understanding Begins By Identifying Oneself With Another Person: In A Word, Empathy. The Arts Enable Us To Put Ourselves In The Minds, Eyes, Ears And Hearts Of Other Human Beings.

We Can Alleviate Physical Pain, But Mental Pain - Grief, Despair, Depression, Dementia - Is Less Accessible To Treatment. It's Connected To Who We Are - Our Personality, Our Character, Our Soul, If You Like.

What We Hold In Our Heads - Our Memory, Our Feelings, Our Thoughts, Our Sense Of Our Own History - Is The Sum Of Our Humanity.

I've Always Argued, Unsuccessfully, That There's No Point In Giving Money To The Arts Unless You Educate People In Them.

I Can't Think Of Anyone I Admire Who Isn't Fuelled By Self-doubt. It's An Essential Ingredient. It's The Grit In The Oyster.