Political Quotes

“this morning when I woke up and read the clips from Cincinnati's The Enquirer, the headline said, ``Cincinnati Philanthropist Dies.'' It should have read, ``Cincinnati's Best Friend Dies.'' We have lost a great friend of the arts, Patricia Corbett. When we say the name Patricia Corbett in Cincinnati, we don't have to explain who she is. Her name appears on buildings: the University of Cincinnati Performing Arts building, the Northern Kentucky Arts Performing Center, Music Hall, Riverbend. And in a few short months, the Cincinnati public schools new Performing Arts Center will again bear her name. But it is not just the buildings that she so actively got involved in and helped build. It's also what she did for the arts itself. The opera, the symphony, the Pops, the ballet, the May Festival all owe a deep gratitude to the financial support that this woman gave. Her generosity to the arts went beyond the boundaries of Cincinnati.”