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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.

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.

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

Involvement in the arts engages kids in their community, improves self-esteem, reclaims at-risk youth, and builds the creative skills that are required of a 21st century workforce.

We say arts education is good for general education, but that's not the point. The arts are what great nations are remembered for. They are a mirror.

I think the arts are very important for children growing up.

Arts education is a big part of building a 21st century creative mind, and I think that we have let way too many kids lose their way by not drawing in their young minds with music, dance, painting and the other various ways we can express those things we do not have words for.

There is an idea that a mind is wasted on the arts unless it makes you good in math or science. There is some evidence that the arts might help you in math and science.

I think the arts are absolutely necessary for children to be creative and express themselves because every child is different.