Melvyn Bragg Quotes

I deplore the loss of arts on BBC One and Two.

We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.

It's amazing that Sky is the only place that has two dedicated arts channels. The BBC is doing very well... but why don't they do more?

The BBC does a sterling job, but I'd like to see it do more. ITV does four arts programmes a year; it used to be 28. At least Sky, with its two arts channels, is trying.

It's great that 'Glee' is making viewers more aware of the arts. People appreciate it.

There are two big beasts in the arts: the BBC and Sky Arts - challenging, leading the way.

Unless we build theater and performing arts, then we're not going to be creating future patrons. We need to make it accessible.

So what it boils down to, in my humble opinion, is that we need to support the arts in schools, and at every other level in the education of children.

I'm one of the strongest advocates for the arts you'll ever find!

Less money for public media means less access to the arts.

I'm conflicted with theater in the city because you want to reach a diverse audience, and that audience doesn't typically go to the theater.

It is not true that I oppose government funding of the arts.

I've always argued, unsuccessfully, that there's no point in giving money to the arts unless you educate people in them.

For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general.

Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she was right.

… perhaps we are awakening to the realization that if individuals can no longer patronize the arts in the way they did in the old days, we may come to a time where the public will undertake to do this for its own pleasure and profit.

The arts are part of the fiber of American society and should get Federal support.

I love that President and Mrs. Obama are embracing the arts. I am so delighted.

You can't punish the middle classes for going to drama school - you need to punish the education system and the associative governments for devaluing the arts.

What isn't for everybody shouldn't be for anybody: the world's opera houses are the reasons we have cardboard cities.

I think, in this country, we have a problem where we view the arts as charity, and therefore, it has no value. Things in America that have value are profitable, and unless you are profitable, we don't know where to put you.

They're taking away the arts programmes in the schools, and that's a terrible thing.

I kind of want to get the music back on a road it hasn't been on for a while. I want to promote the arts as part of the American diet.

The National Endowment for the Arts distributes money to all 50 states, and they try to do their best to distribute to rural and suburban areas. It's one of the great things about the program. It raises the awareness of culture throughout the population.

I think President Obama really does get the value of the arts.