School curricula that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians
Anyone who doesn't know anything about art knows the name of at least one artist.
It's sad that arts are not part of the curriculum across the nation.
When the arts are taken out of the syllabus, people are not going to know what it's like to value the theater.
Learning through the arts reinforces critical academic skills in reading, language arts and math, and provides students with the skills to creatively solve problems.
Ruskin's concern for art education applied to the development of the power of the hand and eye for everyone.
I am convinced that no one is fully educated without a full grounding in the arts.
I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.