Quotes+on+Music

=Quotes on or about Music=

Please post any quotes that you feel might be helpful for others to use when attempting to gain support for the Arts for our schools!

__Quotes about MUSIC__
"There is a growing evidence that arts education improves student learning and thereby produces better citizens". - //David J. Skorton, President, Cornell University// "Schools with higher music scores and participation tend to have higher reading, math, and writing scores." - Timothy Brophy, University of Florida.

"Music produces a kind of pleasure **which human nature cannot do without.**" __Confucius__

"Music education can help spark a child’s imagination or ignite a lifetime of passion. When you provide a child with new worlds to explore and challenges to tackle, the possibilities are endless. Music education should not be a privilege for a lucky few, it should be a part of every child’s world of possiblity." Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Senator

"[|Music] expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." //Victor Hugo, poet//

"Music Is About Communication, and cooperation, and by studying music in school, students have the opportunity to build on these skills, enrich their lives, and experience the world from a new perspective." //Bill Clinton, former U.S. President//

"Music Education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them - a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of our natuion depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music." //Gerald Ford, former U.S. President//

"Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people." //John F. Kennedy//