Camille Paglia Quotes

I have written favourably in support of subsidy for the arts since the 1960s, and I continue to believe absolutely in subsidy, as I do in the BBC licence fee.

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.

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

Everyone town of 100,000 in the United States should have a Classical Theater supported by the town, or the state of the county, or the Federal Government, as they have in every civilized country.

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

In 1997, the Labour government set out to strengthen funding for the arts - and achieved it.

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

I have been very lucky, and I think it all goes back to state subsidy for the arts. I gained my training and confidence and credentials in the not-for-profit world, and in England, that does not mean on the fringe of things. It means right at the centre.

Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support of its arts is a matter of both national pride and cultural survival?

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

That's the reason support for the National Endowment of the Arts is so important. It enables those ventures that aren't viable commercially to be done.

The arts need funding.

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.

Queen's University flies the flag for the arts in Northern Ireland and beyond.

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.

In these difficult financial times for so many of our districts, as our local leaders strive to balance their budgets by cutting services, we would be irresponsible not to invest in the arts.

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.

I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools.

Cleveland is really good about recognizing its artists because of the Arts Council.

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

European museums are all dependent on government financing. The moment European governments are under financial pressure, their budgets are cut.

The arts are an integral part of the city's economic progress.

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