Famous Quotes & Sayings

Benjamin Bratt

I thought I might be a sheet metal worker, ... But I also knew the importance of getting an education. And when I got to college, it derailed any notion I had of being in construction. The arts seemed to stimulate me more.

We were making significant progress to realize the goals set some 20 years ago for an arts center that promoted the region's cultural groups and served a diverse community.

J. C. Watts

We were looking at the space when we were designing the whole suite of galleries, and we noticed that the ceiling was so tremendously high that we could easily make two floors of it. So what we did -- instead of the original idea of mixing decorative arts and paintings from the 12th century onward -- we have more or less separated the decorative arts from the paintings.

Jake Epstein

When I was 9, I auditioned for an arts school in Toronto with a few of my friends. The sole reason we auditioned was that we found out you got to miss a couple days of school to do the audition. Without actually wanting to go to arts school, I accidentally got in. My parents encouraged me to try it, and I ended falling in love with performing.

He always seemed to be an expert in anything and everything I needed to know. He was very knowledgeable culturally, just so aware, he knew about all the arts and introduced me to the arts.

Heartland reflects well on us because it's one of our premier arts organizations.

Sloane Crosley

I attended an extremely small liberal arts school. There were approximately 1,600 of us roaming our New England campus on a good day. My high school was bigger. My freshman year hourly calorie intake was bigger.

It is all about connecting the arts and the sciences.

Jet Li

I think Ang Lee is a very, very talented director. He used martial arts to talk about love and girl, you know... But Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts film to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope the world will become.

It is important for us to do everything right and to do it well. We want to do this in a way that benefits students, and if we do this, the folks in Arts and Sciences will support our efforts.

I do not think it's appropriate to have elected officials sit in judgment, or have to vote, on arts issues. I think that's going to jeopardize what we have in Scottsdale.

Lawrence Summers

He is not only an immensely talented and versatile performer, but also someone who has given a great deal of himself to the university and especially to the vitality of the arts at Harvard,

Part of revitalizing downtown is supporting the arts and the artists, ... I would like to see downtown Richmond come back to life. Richmond is always on the verge . . . it's time to go beyond that.

Our larger goal is to create a new arts district on Fourth Avenue.

Our mission is to provide quality arts and entertainment for our community.

In order for this to work, we're going to need a plethora of highly educated teachers. We don't have those teachers right now. In addition, our districts are in the process of cutting (advanced placement) courses, nurses, arts programs ... we just have major financial constraints.

In Dyersville, it's like our Arts & Crafts festival only it's a three-day sale. They have a museum and they close their schools and use the gymnasium for vendors.

I like the project they're doing -- a new building -- and we need to build on the arts and support our younger artists.

JWoww

I'm an only child. Mostly raised by my father outside of Saratoga, doing martial arts and snowmobiling. I wore sweaters, jeans and sneakers. I was more interested in four-wheeling in the Catskills than doing my hair and makeup at 7 A.M. before school.

Danny Devito

I'll tell you one thing. I love Philadelphia. One of the first things I did outside of New York was at the Theater of the Living Arts on South Street.

I know he's met with the governor already on this project, which in turn is an important portion of it because the state has $15 million invested in the performing arts center,

Nancy Davis

I like supporting local performing arts whenever I can. I want to create a venue where community theater can come in. I want community bands to have an outlet.

I invite you and your friends to ride with us to celebrate together in Concord with other arts enthusiasts and representatives from the city.

The FAME teachers are by far the most talented individuals that I have ever worked with. Their enthusiasm, expertise, and love of their craft have been passed on to the students and teachers at Dent Middle School. They are energized knowing that the arts are a priority at our school.

The Coast is one of the shining stars in the crown of the arts in the state, ... It's devastating, especially not to know right now what's going on, or have a handle on it. It's sad.

The CIA recruits heavily from A&M. The reason is (because it is) a nationally recognized University, and the fact that our National Security Studies program is nationally known. We also draw very heavily from our colleges of engineering, business, liberal arts and sciences.

The enthusiasm for all varieties of the arts is great.

The high school students had as much fun as the younger children. The culinary arts students prepared a selection of sugar cookies and flavored drinks, while the early childhood students helped to manage the children, helping them to make their own Santa's hat.

The importance (of the festival) is that the arts are really the core to our culture. Everything revolves around the arts and some of the research now in education is showing very clearly that the arts are really core to that. That you can do so much more with the arts: developing the brain, developing connections in the brain, developing how people learn, how children learn.

The goal is to share the holidays and traditions, so it's not only the booths and prizes, but we have arts and crafts that reinforce the whole Purim story.

The early members of the Helena Arts Council came to seek my help in getting some art auctions going to raise funds,

This is a great opportunity for vendors to showcase their products to visitors as well as local residents. We encourage everyone to come out on that Saturday, which is the day before Mother's Day, and shop at all the arts and crafts booths.

TV is such a great medium in what it can do in terms of enlightening an audience. We can really inspire and teach people about other people. That's a powerful tool, and that's something that the arts has always been capable of doing.