Jonathan Pryce Quotes

So what it boils down to, in my humble opinion, is that we need to support the arts in schools, and at every other level in the education of children.

I think, in this country, we have a problem where we view the arts as charity, and therefore, it has no value. Things in America that have value are profitable, and unless you are profitable, we don't know where to put you.

I've always argued, unsuccessfully, that there's no point in giving money to the arts unless you educate people in them.

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

Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she was right.

The arts are usually the first thing to be cut in schools or regional programs.

Programs that bring the arts to young kids are always the first to be cut. It's mind-boggling to me.

They're taking away the arts programmes in the schools, and that's a terrible thing.

I'm one of the strongest advocates for the arts you'll ever find!

It's great that 'Glee' is making viewers more aware of the arts. People appreciate it.

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.

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 done.

It's a false proposition that we have to take the arts away to fund something else.

I'd clean house at the National Endowment for the Arts ... the place would be shut down, padlocked and fumigated.

… perhaps we are awakening to the realization that if individuals can no longer patronize the arts in the way they did in the old days, we may come to a time where the public will undertake to do this for its own pleasure and profit.

I love that President and Mrs. Obama are embracing the arts. I am so delighted.

The arts need funding.

I think President Obama really does get the value of the arts.

It is not true that I oppose government funding of the arts.

I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools.

We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.

For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general.

My tax dollar, which goes to New York State Council on the Arts, is by and large only spent to fund people from the state of New York! And you want to be the cultural capital of the world?

The arts are part of the fiber of American society and should get Federal support.

It's amazing that Sky is the only place that has two dedicated arts channels. The BBC is doing very well... but why don't they do more?