“With the recession and credit crunch licking at our boots and high heels, many more artists will be joining the ranks of the starving or cash-poor, while every penny goes on paint, canvas, paper, pen, music sheets, strings, rosin, film or video. … What we need is not more artists, nor fewer, but more saints – such as the Carnegie or MacArthur foundations – willing to sprinkle a little seed money into the path of deserving artists, that their tiny hands may not be frozen.”