Art Quote by Ann Elizabeth Armstrong

Because most of my career in the classroom has been at art schools (beginning at Bennington in the 1970s), I am hyper-aware of the…

— Camille Paglia

In school, I learned about artists and how they were free to express themselves. I was allergic to conformity, and the lifestyle attracted me.…

— Grace Slick

By giving our students practice in talking with others, we give them frames for thinking on their own.

— Lev S. Vygotsky

“This assumption of the intrinsically repressive nature of collective experience and redemptive power of individuation is a staple of contemporary art theory and criticism.…

— Grant H. Kester

“And that is why I would propose that, in our teaching of the humanities, we should emphasize the enduring creations of the past. The…

— Neil Postman

The arts really matter in education. Sometimes the arts are the only way a student is unlocked. Sometimes it's the only way a student…

— Henry Winkler

It's good for art to make us think, to give us a shared experience that creates a dialogue, makes us talk to each other,…

— Janet Echelman

“In every age, art holds up to us the standard pattern of exemplary conduct, and real life does its best to conform.”

— Dorothy Sayers

As the unity of the modern world becomes increasingly a technological rather than a social affair, the techniques of the arts provide the most…

— Marshall McLuhan

When we live our lives with the authenticity demanded by the practice of teaching that is also learning and learning that is also teaching,…

— Paulo Freire

“When students learn to wrestle with questions about purpose, audience, and genre, they develop a conceptual view of writing that has lifelong usefulness in…

— John C. Bean

“In a permeable classroom, schools use their community and beyond to learn by using the resources, inspiration, and environment beyond the walls of the…

— Grant Lichtman