Arts Quote by Norm Dicks

Well, it's pretty ironic to get an artist achievement award from the same foundation that disavowed one of my artistic achievements (that they had…

— Jon Rubin

As President, I will end once and for all the use of taxpayer funds to promote the National Endowment for the Arts and other…

— Gary Bauer

That's the reason support for the National Endowment of the Arts is so important. It enables those ventures that aren't viable commercially to be…

— David Selby

The present government is very insistent that business sponsorship should replace government sponsorship of the arts. Business sponsorship won't happen unless you make tax…

— Peter Maxwell Davies

The worst thing that can happen to an artist is to be subsidized by the state. It leads to an intellectual and artistic castration.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

If things go right, maybe I'll chair the Appropriations Committee.

— Richard Shelby

Cuts in a sector are never going to be welcomed, and arts funding cut by up to 30% doesn't make nice reading. But cuts…

— Roxanne Emery

No sensible elected politician would look for spending reductions out of sacking teachers and nurses. We all know how important they are and that…

— John Redwood

If Stephen Harper took off his shirt in public, I'm not sure he'd raise any money for charity.

— Margaret Trudeau

“They should let my son be Federal Reserve chairman. At least he'll play with his toys and not ruin the economy.”

— Peter D. Schiff

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that he will donate $45 billion of his wealth to philanthropy. Two years ago, my husband and I decided to…

— Zhang Xin

If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.

— Ed Rendell