Art Quote by John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people. When the creative impulse cannot flourish, when…

— John F. Kennedy

Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people.

— John F. Kennedy

Arts are what free and thriving people do with their time after their critical needs have been met.

— Mark Noble

That's the very definition of freedom: to be allowed to develop our own creative potential to the fullest. But it doesn't have to be…

— Martin Donovan

The arts are so important not only to society but to ourselves as human beings. It keeps in touch with our own humanity. So…

— Audra McDonald

“Creativity is a way of living life, no matter what our vocation, or how we earn our living. Creativity is not limited to the…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results.

— Richard Stallman

Art is a necessity - an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being enlightened without…

— Ken Danby

Creativity is discontent translated into arts.

— Eric Hoffer

The arts can open the door to the imagination, pushing the envelope of how peace can be created. It takes courage to take this…

— Wayne Shorter

The arts have a development which comes not only from the individual but also from a whole acquired force, the civilization which precedes us.…

— Henri Matisse

I believe there is a relationship between having an interest in the arts and the behaviour of society as a whole. Some politicians find…

— Richard Eyre