Art Quote by Walter Legge

I am convinced that in the arts, committees are useless. What is necessary are people like Karajan, [fellow recording producer John] Culshaw and me;…

— Walter Legge

“I’m convinced that the arts could be something of a higher power.”

— Veronika Carnaby

As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public…

— Gavin Newsom

I was the chairman of the House Budget Committee and one of the chief architects the last time we balanced a budget, and it…

— John Kasich

I come to this debate, Mr. Speaker, as one at the end of 10 years in office on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,…

— Nancy Pelosi

I find it profoundly symbolic that I am appearing before a committee of fifteen men who will report to a legislative body of one…

— Letty Cottin Pogrebin

When you have the Chief of Staff of the Republican National Committee and the political director of the Romney campaign, and their two companies…

— Patrick Caddell

If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into committees. That'll do them in.

— Anonymous

Government likes committees... a lot. Committees kill all the really good ideas and generally all the really bad ideas. They produce middle-ground mush.

— Betsy DeVos

It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the thing, otherwise the world will not believe. That is…

— Anthony Trollope

I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we did it…

— John Kasich

As the first Member of Congress from western Washington to serve on the House Agriculture Committee in over 50 years, I am proud to…

— Rick Larsen