Amber Riley Quotes

Arts education is a big part of building a 21st century creative mind, and I think that we have let way too many kids lose their way by not drawing in their young minds with music, dance, painting and the other various ways we can express those things we do not have words for.

I am adamant that we must not cut back on funding of the teaching of the arts in the schools: music, painting, theater, dance, all of it. The great thing about the arts is that the only way you learn how to do it is by doing it.

I think the arts are absolutely necessary for children to be creative and express themselves because every child is different.

The arts really matter in education. Sometimes the arts are the only way a student is unlocked. Sometimes it's the only way a student can communicate.

I'd love to open a camp focusing on the arts accessible to kids from all income brackets.

I liked drawing and painting, because the only failure would be to listen to the doubters who wanted me to stop drawing and painting because 'you aren't going to make a living doing that.' I liked looking in art books at the work of painters.

I learned how to draw from being bored in school. I would doodle on the margins of my paper.

It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person.

I really understand what that process is all about and how important it is, especially with young folk and creative folk that love looking for some platform that makes it easier for them to express themselves.

I went to a private school in Singapore and they had an incredible arts program. Every day I was doing something artistic.

My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.

I was taught to draw very well when I was in school at Boston. And I grew to enjoy drawing so much that I never stopped.

Children's finger-painting came under the arts, but movies didn't.

The early expression of my youth was filled with all the aspects of art.

Even if a kid doesn't go into acting or the arts like I did, some kids need that environment to find themselves and find what they love to do.

There's nothing like the joy of the arts, and promoting the arts early in children is going to give them such a start in life in a way.

More than anything, the arts are the best teaching tool.

I drew as a child, they tell me. I can vaguely remember doing it. And then I drew again in the late years at high school.

Painting, music, photography, and visual art have been creative forms of expression for me for decades.

Bring the arts back, and treat it with respect.

The Peapod Foundation provides tools and mentors encouraging children to express themselves through music and art.

The arts give kids the building blocks with which to then play.

Taking the arts out of schools is a terrible mistake.

I definitely think that using that artistic side of your brain, just having an outlet for emotion is very important, whether it be painting, dancing, acting, or singing.

I feel that if you are a creative person, you choose various mediums to give vent to your ideas.