Peter Walker, Landscape Architect
“This is about coming back, this is about picking yourself up and moving on.”
Julie Su, California Labor Commissioner
“It’s really about the connections between people and the stories that we share.”
Luis Rodriguez, Poet Laureate of Los Angeles
“We get to know each other through our stories, and that’s why we have to have books, and history.”
William “Bro” Adams, Former NEH Chairman
“We all have a history and, indeed, history is always with us in one way or another.”
Susan Straight, Author
“The humanities are the entire reason I have a place in the world.”
Linda Ronstadt, Musician & Activist
“…there weren’t many big acts playing in Tucson, so if we wanted music, we had to make our own.”
Robert Haas, Chairman Emeritus, Levi Strauss & Co
“The arts added beauty and joy to my life. Huzzah for the humanities!”
Janet Napolitano, President, University of California
“Knowledge and appreciation of the humanities helps contribute to good citizenship.”
Héctor Tobar, Author and Journalist
“The ultimate justification for the humanities is that it is the study of what it means to be human.”
Michael Govan, Director, LACMA
“The thing about history is that it’s always changing. We’re always re-writing, reconsidering history.”