Campbell Vertesi

An interesting set of audio clips - Richard Tucker interviewed as a part of a radio series examining art in modern society.  The series covers twenty-two great artists, asking some big questions:

Frank Lloyd Wright, Aaron Copland, Leopold Stokowski, Robert Penn Warren, Allen Tate, Norman Cousins, Reinhold Niehbuhr, Margaret Mead, Agnes de Mille, and many other authorities express their individual views on the creative process in reference to their own work and to society. Each interview attempted to answer several critical questions relative to nontechnical values that challenge the attention of thoughtful individuals in an industrial society:

Do the human and cultural aspects of civilization receive the necessary encouragement to insure a balanced development?
Do the young potential artists in our midst have a favorable opportunity to express their talents?

 It's an interesting question.  What does the questioner mean by "balanced development"?  Balanced according to whom, or by what measure?  Development towards what?  

Hell, I may as well post the link to the whole archive of audio clips - in the music category, at least.  Everyone from harpist Deborah Henson-Conant to Yo-Yo Ma to Aaron Copeland talking (and performing) about all sorts of stuff.  Have fun!