Arts Support Quotes

We have no companies now, not in the sense that I know, that nurture actors. It's very depressing that, given the money they get, the companies today don't number up in my estimation. They should be bringing on young talent, and they don't.

I think about Laura Bush every once in awhile. She is a great supporter of the arts. I did a show at the Eisenhower Theater, and she would make a point of coming backstage. The relationship between Laura and George Bush was always that way where you felt like he was at his best behavior when he was in her company.

That's the reason support for the National Endowment of the Arts is so important. It enables those ventures that aren't viable commercially to be done.

All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year.

This funding from the National Endowment for the Arts has been like the Good Housekeeping seal of approval.

Mr. Chairman, obviously a $60 million cut in the National Endowment for the Arts would be a disaster.

The National Endowment for the Arts distributes money to all 50 states, and they try to do their best to distribute to rural and suburban areas. It's one of the great things about the program. It raises the awareness of culture throughout the population.

Advertising has always been a huge unrecognised source of outdoor relief for the arts.

The arts are suffering amongst public schools, but also, minority theater companies are struggling, and I firmly believe in freedom of expression through the arts.

Individual and corporate support is vital to building on London's leadership in the arts, and I hope others will join me in wanting to build on the National's role at the heart of modern theatre and sustaining it long into the future.

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.

My generation of director has no illusions that we are going to be fed and cared for by subsidized theater in America.

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

It breaks my heart to hear of our theatres struggling to survive. As well as playing a vital role in community life, they're guardians of our heritage and should be cherished.

Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy. Leonard was a lifelong lover of the arts and humanities, a supporter of the sciences, generous with his talent and his time. And of course, Leonard was Spock. Cool, logical, big-eared and level-headed, the center of Star Trek’s optimistic, inclusive vision of humanity’s future. I loved Spock.

Throughout her life, my grandmother was a champion for the arts and giving back.

I'd clean house at the National Endowment for the Arts ... the place would be shut down, padlocked and fumigated.

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

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 arts are usually the first thing to be cut in schools or regional programs.

In 1997, the Labour government set out to strengthen funding for the arts - and achieved it.

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

I really like Kickstarter because you don't have to be a Medici to fund the arts and sciences or to get behind a big idea or a person that sparks your imagination. It's a type of microfunding directed toward creators.

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

I've had a relatively charmed life. I loved to be out in the city. New York was my town. I've had people come up to me and say, 'You're a great New Yorker. You've given your time and money to so many New York charities. You're a great supporter of the arts. I like some of your movies - and some of your movies suck, actually.'