Always Quote by Julie Andrews

The arts are usually the first thing to be cut in schools or regional programs.

— Julie Andrews

Whenever education budgets get tightened, art programs are the first to get cut. Like the enduring popularity of reality TV, this never ceases to…

— Lynda Resnick

Schools, the first thing they cut is music programs. They don't realize how important music is to kids.

— Steven Tyler

Sadly, so many arts programs have been eliminated from schools due to budget constraints. These creative outlets are so very important, not only for…

— Goldie Hawn

It should begin much earlier with arts education in the American school system, which is sadly deficient.

— Frank Gehry

Music and art is regarded as extra and can be the first thing that you cut in a school program, and it's completely not…

— Reggie Watts

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

I think the arts are very important for children growing up.

— Stephen Schwartz

I am adamant that we must not cut back on funding of the teaching of the arts in the schools: music, painting, theater, dance,…

— David McCullough

You can't bring the arts too soon to kids.

— Julie Andrews

There's nothing like the joy of the arts, and promoting the arts early in children is going to give them such a start in…

— Julie Andrews

I think, in the West, we often discount the arts as nice but not that important. Certainly in America when we cut funding for…

— Morgan Neville