Speaking yesterday at a visit to the Tate Modern Art Gallery in London, he said that he believed music was an integral part of a golden age in the arts.
He said: A nation that cares about art will not just be a better nation. In the early 21st Century it will be a more successful one.
Gigwise reports that Mr Blair mentioned the reason behind the success of the arts was the music business, which rakes in £6billion to the countrys economy, and that he takes great pride in Britains cultural industries. Claiming that London was undoubtedly the creative capital of the world.
Blair went on to say: "For me the whole process of stimulation through books, plays, films, works of art; the delight in design, in architecture, in crafts: all of this enlarges a country's capacity to be reflective, interested and bold. Dynamism in arts and culture therefore creates dynamism in a nation.".
published: 07/03/2007 11:17