Nelsan Ellis Quotes

When I was young, I remember feeling a real thirst for opportunities around the arts, for learning about how artists function and how institutions work.

What we look for in the school is unrealized potential.

We grew up in a very creative environment and were exposed to the arts at a very young age, so it's not a surprise that all of us are in some form of the arts.

I've long wanted to introduce children to the wonder of the arts.

If you're not educated to enjoy the arts, if you're not taken to a concert, or you don't hear something beautiful, you don't know what you're missing.

More than anything, the arts are the best teaching tool.

I've been lucky to have grown up in the arts.

Actually, I didn't study photography at first. I went to school for painting my first year, poetry my second year, graphic design my third and fourth year, and photography my fifth.

I am adamant that we must not cut back on funding of the teaching of the arts in the schools: music, painting, theater, dance, all of it. The great thing about the arts is that the only way you learn how to do it is by doing it.

That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how they do their work.

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

I knew that I was smart enough to learn. I knew that I could learn, if I could just go to school and not hear gunshots.

I went to a lovely school, and I got an incredible education. And I actually think that my education is what really sets me apart, 'cause I'm very smart.

New York is a great place to be fed in the arts. The arts in general are a large part of my life. The city was my postgraduate course.

My kids are coming up in a different time then me. Interracial couples are of the norm. With me, it's about making sure my kids understand the importance of education and having opportunities that I didn't. My goal as a parent is to make sure they don't take what they have for granted.

A lot of kids spent more time out of school than in, but I always loved school and thought it was my way out of Cleveland, and out of poverty.

When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life.

Third, for people who aren't doing it already, take classes - they're worthwhile. Workshops or classes - a workshop is where you do actually get feedback on your work, not just something where you go and sit for a day.

TV is such a great medium in what it can do in terms of enlightening an audience. We can really inspire and teach people about other people. That's a powerful tool, and that's something that the arts has always been capable of doing.

The point of my work is to show that culture and education aren't simply hobbies or minor influences.

They greatly respected scholarship in itself, but they also impressed upon us that there were great opportunities available for those who were well educated. I received my primary and secondary education in Chicago.

I talked my parents into sending me to Roedean at 16. I had this idea that if I could get into Cambridge, then I could join Footlights. My problem was that I went to a comprehensive in Brighton. I thought I'd have to start from a good school, and the best I could think of was Roedean.

Design schools are good, I guess, sometimes I visit schools, but they are very very limiting.

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

The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.