All art requires courage.

These rare and important treasures of art need to be returned to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and be on view again for the general public. When people often talk of the monetary value of works of art, the value of artworks extends far beyond such a measure. Let this year, as we embark on our Centennial celebrations, be further celebrated by the return of these stolen treasures to the Gardner -- and to a waiting public ready to join in on the celebration.

Society's double behavioral standard for women and for men is, in fact, a more effective deterrent than economic discrimination because it is more insidious, less tangible. Economic disadvantages involve ascertainable amounts, but the very nature of societal value judgments makes them harder to define, their effects harder to relate.

It was only ironically by being in the Art of Noise that people started being interested in me to do film scores.

The Art of Noise was in this suspended animation.

The movie company presented us with many of the different art images they would be using for promotional purposes. We wanted to work in tandem with them to present an ideal visual cover for the paperback. ... Eventually, we arrived at a package that relates both to the art for the paperback book and the images that will be part of the movie's marketing.