Leonard Slatkin on Trump's hostile takeover of the Kennedy Center: "Why is this dismantling taking place? Everyone has their own theories. Mine takes its cue from Oscar Wilde: 'Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.' If there is anything that scares the current administration more than individualism, I am not aware of it. Our job as creators and performers is to stimulate free thought. Others may judge the merits of our convictions but should not infringe on our rights to express them."
