Richard Eyre Quotes

I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system.

… 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 need funding.

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.

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.

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

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.

They don't fund the arts enough and they so often take words and music for granted and performers for granted - particularly women.

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

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

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.

All I want to do is make sure that art is available to all Americans in a participatory way, whether you engage in the art process yourself or you're an audience member.

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

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

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

Programs that bring the arts to young kids are always the first to be cut. It's mind-boggling to me.

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

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.

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

The establishment in Britain is certainly against the arts and against education. If something doesn't make a profit, it's invalid, and art doesn't make a profit in that sense.

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.