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Quotable Quotes
"While most of us will never sing like Aretha Franklin or Celine Dion, an
education in the arts can help all of us reach our individual dreams. Research now
shows that music education not only lifts our children's hearts, but also dramatically
increases their abstract reasoning, spatial skills and their scores on math and verbal
exams. At a time when too many arts education programs are the first to be cut and
the last to be added, all of us must send a clear
message. When it comes to igniting our children's ability to learn and imagine, the
arts must be just as central to our children's educatio as the three R's." -
Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady of the United States of America
"I have a premonition that one day soon we will wake up, like Woody Allen's
character in the film Sleeper, to the realization that stripping instrumental music from
our elementary schools was a true blunder of twentieth century American education."
- James S. Catterall, professor of education and co-director of Imagination Project
at UCLA
"For some strange reason, when it comes to music and the arts, our world view has
led us to believe they are easily expendable. Well, I believe that a nation that
allows music to be expendable is in danger of becoming expendable itself." -
Richard Dreyfuss, actor and star of Mr. Holland's Opus, 38th Annual Grammy Awards