I think we need to strive to have governments that are more open to diversification and sustainability.  We are in a very depletive civilization at the moment.  What we need is a restorative civilization and through arts and culture restoration takes place.   Peter Von Teisenhausen

 

The thing is to tell people about us – who we are  - we have a great land – we have sold so many of the resources but we still don’t have anything that identifies us as a people.  Les Manning 

 

When he got to the end of his period, as a premier, he realized there was more to life than just the physical problems of what you had to do.  And so that’s when he had the idea with his government of making these two Jubilee Auditoriums.  And he did it because he felt there was more to life than just bread and water.  You had to have some spiritual things.  Sandy Mactaggart

 

The edifice complex is high in Alberta.  Lets build a big centre lets build a big theatre lets build this lets build that  - But the real need for money is in the day to day support of the artists who will maintain it and keep it alive.  You have to give those people the support – it has to be seen to be as important as oil and hockey and cowboys and everything else that is Alberta. Otherwise you are going to look 20 years down the line and see beautiful buildings and guest artists.  Brian Paisley

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