“The arts are weapons of understanding and weapons of happiness.”
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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.
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The principle of acting in good faith is at the heart of decent work.
Naming a baby is an act of poetry, for many people the only creative moment of their lives.