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I think an education is beneficial, but whether it takes an education to be successful in the arts is a whole other question.

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

I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world.

An arts education helps build academic skills and increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently.

Scientific research and other studies have demonstrated that arts education can enhance American students' math and language skills and improve test scores which in turn increase chances of higher education and good jobs in the future.

There are different types of talents and intelligences, and traditional schools sometimes ignore the creative ones. It is important for us to give kids every platform for them to find what they are good at and what they love. The arts also provide a space for newfound creativity.

Fine arts education in public schools is really abysmal. The same emphasis should be put on music, theater, dance - anything creative - that's put on math and science.

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.

Kids deserve arts, and it's just as important as science, math, history, English or athletics.

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.