Art Quote by Barack Obama

What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.

— F. Sionil Jose

Music is how you feel. But if I can say one word, I'll say 'necessary.' I felt it was necessary.

— Young Jeezy

Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.

— Keith Richards

Neither should the theater in our country be regarded as a luxury. It is a necessity because in order to make democracy work the…

— Hallie Flanagan

Necessary is necessary when u need it, but necessary is also UN-necessary if you don't need it

— Prakash Reddy

Music must be seen, and dance must be heard

— George Balanchine

If theater is ritual, then dance is too... It's as if the threads connecting us to the rest of the world were washed clean…

— Paulo Coelho

But I feel music has a very important role in ritual activity, and that being able to join in musical activity, along with dancing,…

— E. O. Wilson

The condition of the theater is always an accurate measure of the cultural health of a nation. A play always exists in the present…

— Edward Albee

I wanted to do dance with the same seriousness as art was done and acknowledged, not with the entertainment factor that is always connected…

— Tino Sehgal

The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.

— Robert Brustein