We would like to see the virtual elimination of the transmission of [HIV] from mother to child by 2015. ... We believe it can be achieved with political will.
Annie LennoxRead
As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.
Interpretation
Creativity involves sharing your ideas with the world to inspire and influence society.
Annie Lennox's quote emphasizes the role of a creative individual in contributing to the collective consciousness of society. It highlights how creative expressions, whether through art, music, or any form of innovation, provide new perspectives and insights that can inspire change and provoke thought among the people around us.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of art in community engagement.
We would like to see the virtual elimination of the transmission of [HIV] from mother to child by 2015. ... We believe it can be achieved with political will.
I sang a lot as a little girl and entered competitions. I loved singing in choirs, but it was as I got older that I really found my voice.
I've thought about what is an alternative word to feminism. There isn't one. It's a perfectly good word. And it can't be changed.
Anita Roddick was amazing. Her presence in a room was full of light, and everything she worked to achieve still resonates now.
Having children, they're not your property. They need to figure out their own views. I think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness, but I can't speak on their behalf.
I have different hats; I'm a mother, I'm a woman, I'm a human being, I'm an artist and hopefully I'm an advocate. All of those plates are things I spin all the time.
Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page in that vast book.
Artists are the antennae of the race.
Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be true. It could make something happen.
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.
This is not a book in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty... what you will.
The camera could be a very powerful instrument against discrimination, against poverty, against racism.
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