Leadership Quote by Jim Hodges

The line lands with the quiet, almost antiseptic caution of a politician who wants to acknowledge inequality without naming its culprits. “Some works” sounds like a neutral category, as if accessibility were a natural property of art rather than the result of funding models, gatekeeping institutions, education, disability access, language, class, and geography. Hodges chooses the gentlest possible verb phrase - “I think” - and the vaguest possible comparison - “more accessible than others” - creating a statement that can’t really be argued with and, more importantly, can’t be pinned to a promise.

That’s the intent: to concede a widely felt truth (people don’t experience culture on equal terms) while keeping the temperature low. In political speech, that’s often a strategic move. It signals empathy to audiences who feel shut out, reassures cultural elites that he isn’t about to wage war on their standards, and leaves room for any policy direction later: increased arts education, broader public funding, museum access programs, or simply a rhetorical nod with no budget attached.

The subtext is that “accessibility” is being framed as a spectrum of consumer friendliness rather than a democratic right. It’s the language of moderation and managerialism: identify the disparity, avoid moral indictment, hint at pragmatism. Contextually, this kind of sentence fits the arts-and-public-life circuit where leaders are expected to affirm culture’s value while quietly negotiating who gets to define it - and who gets invited in.