Mark Salling Quotes

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

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

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.

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.

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

Every government secretary of state or minister should jolly well go to the theatre, go to a concert, go to an art gallery, go to a museum, become somehow interested in these things. If they're not interested, they shouldn't be in government, full stop.

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

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

TV is such a great medium in what it can do in terms of enlightening an audience. We can really inspire and teach people about other people. That's a powerful tool, and that's something that the arts has always been capable of doing.

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

We must carry the arts to the people, not wait for the people to come to the arts.

… 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.

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.

I'm hoping someday that we'll be able to start a consortium with places like Carnegie Hall to work on early childhood education. I really feel that's the most important place to put the arts.

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.

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.

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

Anything we can do to encourage our young people to celebrate the arts and believe in a career in the arts is wonderful for Canada and for Canadian youth.

I think we were raised in a nice Texas Jewish family where education was the most important thing, and close behind that was the arts. It was emphasized and expected that we'd play piano.

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

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.