Björk Guðmundsdóttir: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Björk Guðmundsdóttir said elsewhere, not written here

I find most children quite inspiring.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 August 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

Sienna Miller British actress

Liu Xiaobo, for his dignity and wisdom. If we could all have a dose of that perspective, the world would be a better place.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2012 source ↗

Ashley Walters British actor and rapper

My mum – I've watched her struggle financially, emotionally, mentally even, and she's come through it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 January 2012 source ↗

Nelson Mandela.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2008 source ↗

Joshua Ferris American author

Thomas Pynchon, for his sentences.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2011 source ↗

Merging with nature or merging with people.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 August 2013 source ↗

Yesterday. Love.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 August 2013 source ↗

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