Quotes About Arts

I know that my father was a little nervous about me pursuing a career in the arts.

I think theater communities in cities can form really strong foundations.

The freer a society becomes, the freer its arts can flourish and be exported.

Drama schools say if arts funding is cut, people can't afford to go, but I didn't go to drama school.

Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times.

The arts need funding.

Hell hath no fury like a liberal arts major scorned.

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

You know, I went to Oberlin. At that time, grades were - you elected to have them or not. It was all of that era where grades were out the window. But I did very well in school. I didn't really study the arts; I practiced the arts.

Especially girls, but any kids exposed to music programs and arts programs do much better on their tests. They have a better chance of going to college. They can focus better. You know, we're not just automatons learning how to work machines and do engineering and math and science. All of that's great, but you've got to build a whole person.

I think we were raised in a nice Texas Jewish family where education was the most important thing, and close behind that was the arts. It was emphasized and expected that we'd play piano.

Schools, the first thing they cut is music programs. They don't realize how important music is to kids.

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

People who are interested in the arts and theater are such a minority.

If you want to see theater you go to New York.

The first 45 or 50 years of the regional theater movement, all these folks, they built these theaters. The job of the next generation is to maintain them.

I'd like more kids to go and see theatre because it really is amazing.

We should be proud in Britain that there's a massive crossover between theatre and TV.

In my freshman year in high school, I went to the only public high school in Boston with a theatre program.

My parents used to take me to a lot of theatre when I was young.

Since I was a child I've loved going to the opera, theatre and ballet.

I don't really have a theatre background at all.

I was always interested in the arts as a child - drawing, painting, and piano - but acting became a favourite. I was a major theatre geek in high school - if I wasn't in the drama room at lunch rehearsing, I'd be in the art room finishing up some type of project.

I can talk to him about anything. We have the same kind of education and—" "What kind of education?" Clay asked. "We enjoy the arts. Music, literature, theater, art. My degree is in classical studies.