Judith Durham Quotes

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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.

Cleveland is really good about recognizing its artists because of the Arts Council.

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 arts are taken out of the syllabus, people are not going to know what it's like to value the theater.

The arts need funding.

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.

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.

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

I have long argued for the arts to have the recognition and funding they need, not only because they brighten our lives, but also because they make a tangible contribution to our national economy.

I think President Obama really does get the value of the arts.

The arts are an integral part of the city's economic progress.

Margaret Thatcher was very good for the arts in so far as it gave people a real focus for something to be against.

Cincinnatians support a symphony, an opera, a ballet, museums, many galleries and theater groups.

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

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.

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

I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are God's greatest gift to the planet - I just like music.