The prominent Irishman Bernard Shaw, who himself was a Nobel Prize and Oscar winner, ironically said, "Titles and titles are invented for those whose services to the country are undeniable, but unknown to the people of this country." In reality, however, the winners of various awards are known not only in their own countries but all over the world, especially when it comes to those areas that everyone can make an impression of at least on a "like-dislike" level: literature, architecture, music, and painting.

The Pritzker Prize, the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the Rolf Schock Prize, and the Wolf Prize are awarded for the most outstanding achievements in the arts. In 2019, the Israeli-Canadian architect, educator, theorist, and writer Moshe Safdie became the winner of the Wolf Prize (often perceived as the second most prestigious prize after the Nobel Prize) in architecture. Moshe Safdie. As stated on the Prize's website, "The Habitat '67 project, part of the Montreal World's Fair, is an original example of experimental housing, and the impact it had on the concept of housing cannot be overstated. It was followed by a collection of projects of great complexity and cultural significance"