03/06/1996
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"Therefore, it falls to every one of us to make sure that there is a next generation of artists and scholars who have the opportunity to learn and to create."
"The arts empower us to express ourselves and to understand and appreciate the expressions of others."
"More than 30 years later, at the edge of the new millennium, we must pledge ourselves anew to meet this challenge."
"Let us do our job."