“Around the country, think tanks, foundations, academics and researchers are drawing up a wide range of empirical evidence designed to defend and define the civic role of culture in America. And by culture they don’t just mean art in a museum or music in an orchestra hall. Culture, they say, includes everything from fine art to movies and pop music, parks, historic monuments and architecture – the essential fabric of our lives. And, they say, government needs to pay fresh attention. Witness the birth of the cultural policy movement.” – Los Angeles Times 08/18/00