Maya Angelou was a truth-teller who turned shame into song.

Matt Groening illustrated our sense of humour.

Charlie Proctor Quigley is an Emporium engineer.

Jane Birkin was an effortless style icon.

Yves Saint Laurent made art comfortable to wear.

Sam Harris wakes you up to the nature of your mind.

Norm Prescott produced heroic animations for the 20th century.

Roy Lichtenstein reduced capitalism to dots.

Robert Bass is a film former.

Paul Mazursky was a filmmaker who dissolved the line between neurosis and enlightenment.

Jon Kabat-Zinn is the godfather of modern mindfulness.

Alessandro Di Camillo is a sonic shaman.

Carl Sagan was the way in which the cosmos could know itself.

David Hockney is sustained by art.

Hal Ashby was a gentle rebel who documented humanity on film.

Herb Alpert is a card-carrying introvert who uses music as a form of expression.

Jean-Michel Basquiat was a neo-expressionist legend.

Liv Masett is a melody miner.

Francis Ford Coppola is a filmmaker who takes matters into his own hands.

Brian De Palma is an idea-obsessed filmmaker.

Grace Weaver is an artist who makes eternal something temporary.

Tertia is a cosmic composer.

Santana is six strings in human form.

Curtis Mayfield was a Superfly Gentle Genius.

Damo Suzuki was a vocalist for transcendental rock.

Roberta Flack was a genre-bending musician of quiet fire.

Keith Haring was a radiant artist who created his own visual language.

Chameleon is a shapeshifting prodigy.

Steve McQueen was a Bullitt of pure cool.

Lucy McWilliams is a modern music maker expressing her soul through sound.

Richard Linklater is a filmmaker from Houston, Texas, who often explores abstract concepts through very human narratives.

Dusty Springfield is the look of love.

Seán Dowse is a new age goldsmith from Dublin, Ireland.

Fiona Apple is heart wrapped in darkness and darkness wrapped in heart.

Robert Downey Sr. was an independent absurdist who played by his own rules.

Michelangelo Antonioni was an Italian filmmaker who made beautifully lonely visual poems.

Don DeLillo is a cosmic wordsmith who lets the words be the facts.

Steven Pressfield is the perfect weapon against creative resistance.

Judd Apatow is a comedy guru.

David holmes is the father of 21st century heist music.

Mac DeMarco is a Canadian musician who crafts zen poetry for lost lovers.