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Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.

That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how they do their work.

I believe strongly in the power of arts education to engage and empower young people.

As the unity of the modern world becomes increasingly a technological rather than a social affair, the techniques of the arts provide the most valuable means of insight into the real direction of our own collective purposes.

Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change - it can not only move us, it makes us move.

Exposure to the arts and culture is enormously valuable.

Great art inspires great art.

The arts capture our insecurities, quicken our instincts, guide us through threats. They help us know ourselves. They help us know each other. They help us know better.

Well, I think, you know, the arts are really what - one of the things that make this country strong. We always think it's our economy or our military power, but in fact, I think it's our culture, our civilization, our ideas, our creativity.

The arts, quite simply, nourish the soul. They sustain, comfort, inspire. There is nothing like that exquisite moment when you first discover the beauty of connecting with others in celebration of larger ideals and shared wisdom.