Barbara Jordan Quotes

The arts are so important not only to society but to ourselves as human beings. It keeps in touch with our own humanity. So access to the arts in any way, shape, or form is vital.

The older I get, I'm really reminded how important the arts are to our wellbeing as a society.

The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.

What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life.

Do people absolutely need the arts to get by day-to-day? You can make that claim, but they also really need a lot of things before that.

No country is fully civilized which cannot appreciate its artists. They make a contribution not just to the entertainment side of life, but to the educational, economic and spiritual sides.

The arts are beyond price; they're beyond value. They're of incalculable worth in what it means to be a human being.

I believe that the arts of a culture are terribly important and yet almost indefensible.

The value of the arts cannot be measured by its ability to preserve life but rather to enhance existence.

Queen Victoria did not regard art, letters, or music as in any way springing from national character: they were something quite apart, elegant decorations resembling a scarf or a bracelet, and in no way expressive of the soul of the country.

It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person.

Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.

Music has as many roles as people make it.

Art and music is part of what it means to be a human being. And if you're neglecting that, you're basically ignoring a huge side of the brain and a huge side of what it means to be human.

Well, I think, you know, the arts are really what - one of the things that make this country strong. We always think it's our economy or our military power, but in fact, I think it's our culture, our civilization, our ideas, our creativity.

What is art? Art talks about life; it's subversive.

This is the harsh truth about us: not only do Filipinos ignore books, literature - we do not understand how important the arts are - not just to those of us who work at it, but to the nation as a whole.

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.

Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.

I believe art is utterly important. It is one of the things that could save us.

If you kill the arts, you kill love, and you kill progress.

I think, in the West, we often discount the arts as nice but not that important. Certainly in America when we cut funding for schools, the arts are the first programs to go. But the arts built the things we need more than anything else: collaboration and co-operation and creativity.

I want to inspire Asian kids to become more artistic and creative rather than feeling that they have to be academic or whatever.

Art and culture and all of these things - they really matter. They shape your individuality.

Art is what defines us, what makes us human.