We need a society that once more values its dreamers and visionaries, those who uncomfortably go against the grain of what and who we are, exploring our nightmares so we might better know ourselves and create new dreams that reveal other ways of being. Not so much underfunded and undervalued as unsupported and despised, our future artists are the key to building the social fibre that will sustain a healthy, resilient and successful Australia

Feels like he's talking his book, so to speak. I'm not against supporting the arts, but theres a lot out there thats just a waste. Like those government grants that are awarded are so often filled by some schmuck who just wants an easy pay day.

Another reason i think he's talking his book a bit too much is that he's made this fairly flimsy claim about arts being the social fibre of a nation as opposed to sports being the sugar high. I don't know, they both seem pretty sugary to me, the fibre has to be in the strength of connections in the contextual communities of the individuals in that nation.