Patron Of The Arts

Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah

Politics

1565–1612

"Christopher Shackle: Urdu And South Muslim Asia, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1991"

🇺🇸Oprah Winfrey

Entertainment

b. 1954

"I know where my lane is, and I know how to stay in my lane. My lane is evolving the consciousness of people."

🇺🇸J. Paul Getty

Business

1892–1976

"The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights."

George III of the United Kingdom

Politics

1738–1820

"pon pain of the highest displeasure, to assent to no law by which the importation of slaves should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed."

🇦🇺Mark Zuckerberg

Business

b. 1984

"The idea of a single eureka moment is a dangerous lie. It makes us feel inadequate since we haven’t had ours. It prevents people with seeds of good ideas from getting started."

Hester Thrale

Education

1741–1821

"A physician can sometimes parry the scythe of death, but has no power over the sand in the hourglass."

🇺🇸Melinda Gates

Economics

b. 1964

"Some of these big firms often believe in the white guy in a hoodie disrupting a whole industry. So we’re going to disrupt it by making sure we’re indexing for women and minorities because they’ve got great ideas."

🇬🇧Princess Eugenie

"It’s nerve-wracking because you want it to be perfect but then you realise that you’re going to be with the person you love forever and nothing else really matters."