The Arts in America

I think it's fascinating that support of the arts in America historically is kind of tied up with the age of the robber barons. What we have in America is a system that relies on philanthropy and relies on people caring about the arts. But if Andrew Carnegie had been a different kind of, if he had just decided to do something different with his money, if Rockefeller had, we wouldn't have these institutions. And you have to keep cultivating in new generations the notion that this is a duty and responsibility if you have a certain amount of money or prestige or power in America. That's the trick, huh? You have to do it. It's obvious to like a small group of