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It (an Arts Centre) will provide a place for meetings, performances and presentations, displays and community festivals, receptions and other events, and a rehearsal space for a variety of musical and theatre groups.

Walter Regan

The arts are the best insurance policy a city can take on itself.

Woodt Dumas, former Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Art is fundamental, unique to each of us... Even in difficult economic times - especially in difficult economic times - the arts are essential.

Maria Schriver, Award-Winning Journalist and Author

In my own philanthropy and business endeavours, I have seen the critical role that the arts play in stimulating creativity and developing vital communities... the arts have a crucial impact on our economy and are an important catalyst for learning, discovery and achievement.

Paul G. Allen, Co-Founder, Microsoft

We need people who think with the creative side of their brains - people who have played in a band, who have painted... it enhances symbiotic thinking capabilities, not always thinking in the same paradigm, learning how to kick-start a new idea, or how to get a job done better, less expensively.

Annette Byrd, GlaxoSmithKline

Politicians don't bring people together. Artists do.

Richard Daley, former Mayor of Chicago