Arts Participation Quotes

It has been proven time and time again in countless studies that students who actively participate in arts education are twice as likely to read for pleasure, have strengthened problem-solving and critical thinking skills, are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement, four times more likely to participate in a math and science fair.

I'm one of the strongest advocates for the arts you'll ever find!

There is compelling evidence that shows student involvement in the arts can make a significant difference in improving educational outcomes for all kids.

Just as a city cannot protect its manufacturing base without keeping its factories, we cannot have a strong arts sector without studios, rehearsal space, and performance venues.

There has been a genuine willingness from many in the arts sector to try to understand people who are not within the arts elite.

It's weird for minorities even just to buy tickets to the ballet. We feel like it's not a part of our lives and we're not a part of that world.

We must carry the arts to the people, not wait for the people to come to the arts.

All I want to do is make sure that art is available to all Americans in a participatory way, whether you engage in the art process yourself or you're an audience member.

A theater is being given over to market forces, which means that a whole generation that should be able to do theater as well as see it is being completely deprived.

I just always knew I wanted to be an actor. I gave my Emmy acceptance speech when I was 11. But, I wasn't allowed to do plays and things like that. It was considered dangerous. My parents didn't think it was safe for a girl to do that, and they definitely didn't think it was interesting to participate in the arts.

We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.

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."

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

Anyone could be in the orchestra, or sports team, or arts club at my school. It was precisely the kind of inclusivity that now meets with a sort of scorn and derision as a prizes-for-all culture that generates only mediocrity. There's something so insulting about the idea that including lots of people means mediocrity.