Fay Wray Quotes

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.

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.

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.

It is not true that I oppose government funding of 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 think President Obama really does get the value of the arts.

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.

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

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

This funding from the National Endowment for the Arts has been like the Good Housekeeping seal of approval.

It's a false proposition that we have to take the arts away to fund something else.

I'd clean house at the National Endowment for the Arts ... the place would be shut down, padlocked and fumigated.

The arts are usually the first thing to be cut in schools or regional programs.

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

The arts need funding.

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.

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.

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.

Making a living in the arts, though, creates so many jobs for other people.

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.

Individual and corporate support is vital to building on London's leadership in the arts, and I hope others will join me in wanting to build on the National's role at the heart of modern theatre and sustaining it long into the future.