--- title: "4 Robert Schenkkan Quotes" description: "Robert Frederic Schenkkan Jr. is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1992 for his play The Kent..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/robert-schenkkan-74025_art_there-s-the-inherent-value-of-the-arts-i_888786.jpg" --- # Robert Schenkkan **4** quotes in **29** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Robert Frederic Schenkkan Jr. is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1992 for his play The Kentucky Cycle and his play All the Way earned the 2014 Tony Award for Best Play. He has three Emmy nominations and one WGA Award. ## Quotes by Robert Schenkkan > [There's the inherent value of the arts in terms of what that does for the quality of life and culture. The arts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-schenkkan/there-s-the-inherent-value-of-the-arts-in-terms-of-what-that-does-for/) Robert Schenkkan [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/robert-schenkkan-74025_art_there-s-the-inherent-value-of-the-arts-i_888786.jpg) > [I think if you look at where things are in this current political climate, you'll see that everything is polarized. Everyone has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-schenkkan/i-think-if-you-look-at-where-things-are-in-this-current-political/) Robert Schenkkan [Environment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/environment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/309/robert-schenkkan-74025_environment_i-think-if-you-look-at-where-things-are_933497.jpg) > [The arts are a green industry with a very high rate of return. This is not money thrown away by any stretch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-schenkkan/the-arts-are-a-green-industry-with-a-very-high-rate-of-return-this-is/) Robert Schenkkan [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/502/robert-schenkkan-74025_art_the-arts-are-a-green-industry-with-a-ver_1469051.jpg) > [Making movies is a lot like being a construction worker. There are long intense stretches of work followed by nothing. It's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-schenkkan/making-movies-is-a-lot-like-being-a-construction-worker-there-are/) Robert Schenkkan [Construction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/construction/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a42/robert-schenkkan-74025_construction_making-movies-is-a-lot-like-being-a-cons_2097072.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-schenkkan/#itemlist", "name": "Robert Schenkkan Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's the inherent value of the arts in terms of what that does for the quality of life and culture. 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