“The world’s vibrant cultural cities have an intangible something else: the capacity to surprise, an impatience with habit and reverence.” They are places where the culture is in dialogue with itself, where creativity is encouraged ahead of pro forma rules. – The Globe and Mail (Canada)
- “MYTHS DIE HARD”: When Toronto, the commercial city, wants to affirm its cultural identity, it turns to Montreal, asking: “So, artist, what’s your secret?” From where I stand, the situation seems a little ironic. A Toronto adrift is bad for Toronto, period. Great cities, like artists, are laws unto themselves. It is not their role to behave like a nation’s shop window. – The Globe and Mail (Canada)