Art Quote by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

“Liberal education accomplishes two objects. It produces a liberal frame of mind, and it makes the studious and reflective recipient acquainted with the stream…

— Charles Eliot

“Liberal education intertwines the philosophical and rhetorical so that we learn how to learn, so that we continue both inquiry and cultural participation throughout…

— Michael S. Roth

A liberal education is that which aims to develop faculty without ulterior views of profession or other means of gaining a livelihood. It considers…

— John Lancaster Spalding

“Education - continuing education, continually honing and expanding the mind - is vital mental renewal. Sometimes that involves the external discipline of the classroom…

— Stephen Covey

Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or…

— Alan K. Simpson

To teach is to learn twice. About all some parents accomplish in life is to send a child to Harvard. The purpose of a…

— Joseph Joubert

The ability to recognize opportunities and move in new - and sometimes unexpected - directions will benefit you no matter your interests or aspirations.…

— Drew Gilpin Faust

Perhaps the most fundamental value of a liberal education is that it makes life more interesting. It allows you to think things which do…

— Kingman Brewster, Jr

For some students, especially in the sciences, the knowledge gained in college may be directly relevant to graduate study. For almost all students, a…

— Derek Bok

A liberal education rests on the assumption that nature and human nature do not change very much or very fast and that one therefore…

— Wendell Berry

Liberal education, which consists in the constant intercourse with the greatest minds, is a training in the highest form of modesty. ... It is…

— Leo Strauss

The basic purpose of a liberal arts education is to liberate the human being to exercise his or her potential to the fullest.

— Barbara M. White