America Quote by Julie Taymor

I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system.

— Chuck Close

Fine arts education in public schools is really abysmal. The same emphasis should be put on music, theater, dance - anything creative - that's…

— Maren Morris

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

— Frank Gehry

My own view is that the arts are neither superior nor inferior to anything else that goes on in schools.

— Michael Rosen

I feel sorry for kids nowadays, because in the majority of schools across the country, the arts have been eliminated from the curriculum. There's…

— David Small

So what it boils down to, in my humble opinion, is that we need to support the arts in schools, and at every other…

— Phil Lesh

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

When I went to school, you had to take art, you had to play an instrument. You had to play an instrument. But it's…

— Spike Lee

It's sad that arts are not part of the curriculum across the nation.

— Rosie Perez

I believe the public schools are the greatest cultural influence in this country.

— Phyllis Schlafly

It's now up to the states to figure out how they implement that definition of a well-rounded education, in other words, where they spend…

— Elizabeth Blair Lee

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