Arts Quotes


If it were customary to send little girls to school and teach them the same subjects as are taught to boys, they would learn just as fully and would understand the subtleties of all arts and sciences. Christine de Pizan Arts 126
The object of Art is to give life a shape. William Shakespeare Arts 119
For one year I did go to Performing Arts School, and I had very weird friends. Christina Milian Arts 109
Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization. Daniel Webster Arts 91
The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street. Gavin Newsom Arts 90
In these difficult financial times for so many of our districts, as our local leaders strive to balance their budgets by cutting services, we would be irresponsible not to invest in the arts. Louise Slaughter Arts 88
The oldest of the arts and the youngest of the professions. Derek Bok Arts 81
In 1968 the Arts Council managed to get a grant from the treasury to buy up a lot of derelict touring theatres and put them back in the hands of the local authorities. Timothy West Arts 81
I went to a private arts school. We had to wear cloaks. Claire Forlani Arts 81
I wanted to be a martial arts film star when I was a teenager. Chris Daughtry Arts 81
For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general. Lara St. John Arts 81
Rather than go to the gym, I would prefer to do martial arts because the time goes by quicker. Milla Jovovich Arts 80
If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it. Neville Marriner Arts 78
Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index. Julie Burchill Arts 76
Mr. Chairman, obviously a $60 million cut in the National Endowment for the Arts would be a disaster. Norm Dicks Arts 76
Slavery discourages arts and manufactures. George Mason Arts 74
I like doing arts and crafts, so I would probably go to one of those fun little ceramic places and go paint some plates and do something fun like that. Christina Milian Arts 70
Unlike productions in the other arts, all television shows are born to destroy two other shows. Les Brown Arts 69
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. Albert Einstein Arts 69
All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year. Ann Macbeth Arts 64
I went to the High School for Performing Arts, and to Howard University on a talent scholarship. Anthony Anderson Arts 63
We find that the Romans owed the conquest of the world to no other cause than continual military training, exact observance of discipline in their camps, and unwearied cultivation of the other arts of war. Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus Arts 61
The role of a liberal arts college within a university is to be a genuine part of that university, giving and responding to the other parts. Edward Levi Arts 61
While other industries have suffered, the nonprofit arts world continues to build in strength while it encourages the growth of innumerable small businesses on its periphery, thereby creating more jobs. Louise Slaughter Arts 58
The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts; hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed. Townsend Harris Arts 55
People who are interested in the arts and theater are such a minority. Carol Kane Arts 54
I endured many weeks of it, but I had a big background in martial arts and fighting as a kid, so kind of all the problems got brushed away and I was ready. Jason Statham Arts 53
What we do is look for high standards of excellence in the arts. Jane Alexander Arts 50
Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed. H. L. Mencken Arts 49
If the arts are held up solely as a means of social insight, fantasy is denied the chance to be commonplace and reality the chance to be exotic. Richard Eyre Arts 47
Persons famous in the arts partake of the immortality of princes, and are upon a footing with them. Francis I Arts 43
To have my fan club. I am very proud of doing everything. I try to support my parents, friends and fans. I am also proud of my performing in the visual arts, and motion television. Chris Burke Arts 38
What love is to man, music is to the arts and to mankind. Carl Maria von Weber Arts 38
I wanted to go to a liberal arts college, I wanted to have that experience. Mandy Patinkin Arts 35
Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she was right. Fay Wray Arts 34
Painting and writing are solitary arts. Conrad Hall Arts 29
Law builds upon and, I should like to claim, is one of the liberal arts. It uses words of persuasion and changing definitions for practical ends. Edward Levi Arts 28
I was at college doing performing arts, and just spending all my time mucking about, and the lecturers thought I would be pretty good at stand-up, so I gave it a whirl. Allan Carr Arts 28
As a kid, I was heavily into martial arts and wanted to be the next Jean-Claude Van Damme. Chris Daughtry Arts 28
I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to continue. Joni Mitchell Arts 25
In any of the arts, you never stop learning. Claire Bloom Arts 22

Showing 1 to 41 of 41 entries

Previous1Next

Arts Quotes

Search Result