“Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.”
Mother Theresa
“when I say be creative, I don’t mean that you should all go and become great painters and great poets (and great musicians). I simply mean let your life be a painting, let your life be a poem (and let your life be a musical work)”
Osho
“One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.”
Frank Tyger, American cartoonist, columnist and humorist for the Tretton Times
“Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.”
Leo Buscaglia, American Author and motivational speaker
“In my own philanthropy and business endeavors, I have seen the critical role that the arts play in stimulating creativity and in developing vital communities….the arts have a crucial impact on our economy and are an important catalyst for learning, discovery, and achievement in our country.”
Paul G. Allen, Co-Founder, Microsoft
“A broad education in the arts helps give children a better understanding of their world…We need students who are culturally literate as well as math and science literate.”
Paul Ostergard, Vice President, Citicorp
“Arts education aids students in skills needed in the workplace: flexibility, the ability to solve problems and communicate, the ability to learn new skills, to be creative and innovative, and to strive for excellence.”
Joseph M. Calahan, Director of Cooperate Communications, Xerox Corporation
“The arts are an essential element of education, just like reading, writing, and arithmetic…music, dance, painting, and theater are all keys that unlock profound human understanding and accomplishment.”
William Bennett, Former US Secretary of Education
“Aeschylus and Plato are remembered today long after the triumphs of Imperial Athens are gone. Dante outlived the ambitions of thirteenth century Florence. Goethe stands serenely above the politics of Germany, and I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over cities, we too will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.”
John F. Kennedy
“If you have only two pennies, spend the first on bread and the other on hyacinths for your soul.”
Arab Proverb
“Art is fundamental, unique to each of us…Even in difficult economic times – especially in difficult economic times – the arts are essential.”
Maria Shriver, Award-Winning Journalist and Author
“Politicians don’t bring people together. Artists do.”
Richard Daley, Former Mayor of Chicago
“The country is so wounded, bleeding, and hurt right now. The country needs to be healed—it’s not going to be healed from the top, politically. How are we going to heal? Art is the healing force.”
Robert Redford, National Arts Policy Roundtable 2012