Dave Barry Quotes

… 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.

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

With ticket prices, do you ask yourself, why I'm paying $70 to see the arts? You say, "No, that's what the symphony is costing me."

We can become very short-sighted in terms of objectives. The first thing to go during times of economic crisis and budget cuts is funding for things that are essential and not-quantifiable, like the arts. Save Big Bird

The arts were a big part of my childhood. We went to the theatre and opera a lot as a family. We were not at all wealthy, but it was at a time when the arts were publicly funded and there were free tickets available. For someone like myself who wasn't that academically inclined, it was a great escape.

We should not have a tin cup out for something as important as the arts in this country, the richest in the world. Creative artists are always begging, but always being used when it's time to show us at our best.

The present government is very insistent that business sponsorship should replace government sponsorship of the arts. Business sponsorship won't happen unless you make tax concessions, which they won't.

Music, art, theater. I'm just a big fan of beauty.

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.

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

People who are interested in the arts and theater are such a minority.

There a lot of other things I love to do. I consider myself as an artist, so I dance, I paint, I sing, so as long as I'm creating, I'm happy.

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

When the subsidies are going out there to fund arts, I'd like to see jazz given a better shake of the dice. It attracts as many people as opera does, but not the subsidies.

The reason the National Endowment needs to exist is simply that the not-for-profit sector cannot make it on its own.

I loved music and dance, and that was exciting to me.

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

Like so many large companies in the U.S., Monsanto has prospered in large part due to U.S. taxpayer-funded programs and services.

You're lacking a human dimension of some sort if you're not interested in the arts.

I started off in dance. That was actually my first passion, which introduced me to music, which people don't really know.

Fine arts education in public schools is really abysmal. The same emphasis should be put on music, theater, dance - anything creative - that's put on math and science.

The arts was always a place where I could be present.

Philosophically, I don't believe in public funding for private sports.

If there's ever a moment when I am an Anglophile, it's when I see so many theatres in this country that have what I would call federal funding.

I hope that subsidised theatres continue to be rewarded for the wonder of talent they provide to this industry, on stage and off.