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Well, it was one of my most gratifying experiences because I could devote my knowledge and my talent for the good for the City of Washington, and all the Federal projects where the Fine Arts Commission had jurisdiction, and it was a tremendous experience.

— Felix de Weldon

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I barely knew I wanted to be an artist. I liked my art classes and painting was fun, I guess, but I didn't realize that seeing the country was going to inspire me to further explore that... but that's what it did.

— Edward Ruscha

When I first came to Washington, what I admired most was that people were just really, really smart with a tremendous amount of intellectual horsepower and the ability to look at an issue and say something fresh.

— Ezra Klein

I really enjoyed my time in state government. I thought we made a difference. I liked being a part of that effort. I had a different experience in Washington.

— Alberto Gonzales

I enjoyed directing, and I really found that it was a great new field to try my hand in.

— Ronald D. Moore

I also had a tremendous passion for art and read a lot.

— Nigel Dennis

Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff.

— Madeleine Peyroux

I certainly feel my career was a great career because it inspired so many many people, literally hundreds of people to follow a new kind of life and to realize that they could make out and advance their own professional and private and social lives.

— Katherine Dunham

I grew up going to museums. I was privileged to discover art and artists in a very personal way.

— Thelma Golden

✗Opposing Perspectives

It was a great experience for me - the ups and downs - because I became a man in Philadelphia.

— Allen Iverson

I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition.

— David Byrne