    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (1999, Book II)]
    [September 21, 1999]
    [Page 1568]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on the National Medal of the Arts and National Humanities
    Medal Recipients
    September 21, 1999

        This year's recipients of the 1999 National Medal of the Arts and
    National Humanities Medal stand at the pinnacle of American artistic and
    academic achievement. Through their ideas, their scholarship, and their
    works of art, they have opened all our eyes to the richness and the
    miracle of the human experience. All Americans owe them a tremendous
    debt of gratitude.