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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.

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

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.

There have been studies that clearly state that children who are exposed to arts education at a young age will in fact do markedly better in their SAT tests.

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.

The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.

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

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.