Arts Value Quotes

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.

Kids deserve arts, and it's just as important as science, math, history, English or athletics.

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

I was raised with the idea that the arts were a doss - but the arts are vital. If you see Mark Rylance perform Shakespeare at the Globe, you know it's a spiritual act.

One thing I hate about school committees today is that they cut arts programs out of the curriculum because they say the arts aren't a way to make a living.

We have to remind people how important arts are. People just don't see it.

An arts degree is like a diploma in origami. And about as much use.

The people who fund the arts, provide the arts, and research the arts have all produced a consensus about the value of what they do, which hardly anyone challenges. But do the numbers add up? For all the claims made about the arts, how accurate are they?

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