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“Basically, I would say I am blessed with the kind of partner I have. I am married to a thespian who graduated from the University of Lagos creative arts, so she understands my job. Also, coupled with the fact that I am not so much of an outgoing person, if it is not my work, I am at home. So they understand that every little time I have, I am with my family, so I think I am blessed.”
Rotimi Salami wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Definitely the Fourth Plinth project in Trafalgar Square. I was determined to fill that empty plinth! It took five years of campaigning with my committee at the Royal Society of Arts, but we did it.”
Prue Leith (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'd studied what I wanted (philosophy and history) while ensuring I did the maths for arts students course.”
Marjorie Scardino (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“EDGE fosters a global network of fashion industry professionals, educators, and the arts.”
Rhonda P. Hill (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It seems that our age has exercised its power precisely on the level of feeling. Therefore, perhaps it could be defined as aesthetic: not because it has a privileged and direct relationship with the arts, but more essentially because its strategic field is neither cognitive nor practical, but that of feeling, of ‘aisthesis’. (p. 3)”
Mario Perniola (1941–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think a liberal arts education is actually a great background for our industry. I feel that really strongly”
Abigail Johnson (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I studied Russian history, I was mostly interested in the Russian Revolution, the revolutionary nature of Russian literatures and arts.”
Nana Oforiatta-Ayim (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Out of all my projects, this is the research area that’s resonated the most with people, I think everyone is interested in the arts and creativity, and how AI and technology will impact it for the future. Like how the computer enhances the way people work, I’m hoping AI technology can enhance how artists work, freeing them up to be more creative.”
Carol E. Reiley (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We need to continually leverage our strengths in combining liberal arts and engineering, and our geographic location, to provide unique opportunities for students.”
John E. Kelly III (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The president, working with our board, has laid out a set of project priorities that support our strategic plan. These projects require substantial financial investment and time to complete. We are discussing several aging facilities such as dining, housing, the arts, and Science and Engineering.”
John E. Kelly III (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We want to offer Africans an opportunity to be able to pursue and make good living in the arts, and also teach the business side of the industry.”
Maumela Mahuwa first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: After 24 years as Muvhango’s Susan, Maumela Mahuwa opens new chapter with arts academy Drum (29 September 2025)
“The arts have always been a part of my life and they are in my blood. This is my God-given calling. I am just walking out my purpose and my calling in life.”
Nondumiso Tembe (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The creative industry is more than just a source of entertainment. “It is a driver of economic growth, cultural preservation and social transformation. Music, film, fashion, digital arts and crafts and storytelling, all of these foster innovation and project identity. Who we are, the food we eat, the dance we dance, the tears we cry and the smile we smile. The creatives project our identity.”
Ndaba Gaolathe (born 1971) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pitso remarks solace for creatives 7 February 2025
“After starting martial arts training with two-time Muay Thai World Champion, Quentin Chong, I felt such an incredible sense of inner strength (as well as outer - ‘Hello muscles, I didn’t know I had you!’) that I wanted others to feel this too.”
Roxane Hayward (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I live in a country where the arts are extremely underfunded”
Koleka Putuma (born 1993) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Q&A: Koleka Putuma – Revolutionising the archive and (backspace) dancing… ‘Hullo, Bu-Bye, Koko, Come in’ 8 May, 2024
“We have also changed the President’s Day Competitions into the National Arts Festival and staged a fashion show in Francistown to better the creative sector.”
Honest Buti Billy wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That is why we created the Arts Council because we want to better the creative sector to hire masses.”
Honest Buti Billy wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The struggle and the arts are connected almost by definition”
Ossie Davis (1917–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Musicians, fans and arts journalists will benefit a lot because it addresses the day-to-day issues of the music industry”
Mono Mukundu (born 1970) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Zim's Mono Mukundu to launch book, DVD and album,20 March 2018
“It was such an honour for us as artists to be part of the Ministry of Health and Child Care, National Arts Council and UNICEF project, we were so humbled to be given a chance to sensitise people on COVID-19 and nutrition issues through multimedia such as selfie videos, music jingles and radio skits that were shared on various platforms”
Sandra Ndebele (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I also read English and Theaters Arts at the University and majored in Playwriting. I have a Masters in International Affairs, all from the University of Ghana, Legon. I am a Senior Assistant Registrar, with the Institute of Professional Studies. I am married with three boys.”
Margaret Safo (1957–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[The Romans] were trained through the laws of the Greeks, through the customs of the Greeks. Through our disciplines, through our arts the Roman imperium was enlarged; over lands and seas Italian fame and Latin virtue reached the extreme borders of the earth through the travelling example of the Greeks.”
Ianus Lascaris (1445–1534) said by 1534 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have always been a very proud multi-faceted queen. I love the arts, I love being creative. I'm actually a very, very creative and tech nerd, but just trust that you will see more of me”
Michelle Dee (born 1995) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/fashion-and-beauty/2024/05/23/2357251/deepatapos-whats-next-michelle-dee-after-miss-universe-philippines
“Women’s Month serves as a reminder of the invaluable contributions women have made throughout history and continue to make in various fields, including politics, science, arts, and business”
Bernadette Herrera (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What other jobs would I be doing outside of acting? I would have loved to teach teens and kids anything about the performing arts.”
Cherie Gil (1963–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I now understood the secret of music and knew what makes it so infinitely superior to all the other arts: its incorporeality. Once it has left an instrument it becomes its own master, a free and independent creature of sound, weightless, incorporeal and perfectly in tune with the universe.”
Walter Moers (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You probably suppose that what you heard last night was music. Allow me to correct you: it was acoustic alchemy, hypnosis by means of sound waves. Music is the least resistible of all the arts, so I simply had to make use of it. Try getting an audience to dance by reciting a poem! Try getting them to march! Impossible! Only music can do that.”
Walter Moers (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My work is centred around the Treaty of Waitangi. It’s to do with rangatiratanga, our atua, our taonga, and rights, living rights, arts and cultural rights.”
Emily Karaka (born 1952) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As stated in Te Tuhi's "Emily Karaka: Waharoa o Ngai Tai," Te Tuhi. Ihimaera, Witi. Accessed: 20 January 2026.
“I believe just as nations gain global recognition through sports like football, they also flourish and find deeper meaning through culture and the arts.”
Mehran Matin (born 1996) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Music is the universal language, BBC Persia (December 2025).
“Nadas Rastenis, with an introduction by Elena Tumas; extracts quoted in the review by Antanas Klimas, "Kristijonas Donelaitis, 'The Seasons', Translated by Nadas Rastenis", Lithuanian Quarterly Journal of Arts and Sciences, vol. 13, no. 2 (Summer 1967)”
Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714–1780) said by 1780 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is perhaps easier now to understand the opinion of the traveller, Robert Orme, who, though often critical. was forced to admit that “the arts which furnish the conveniences of life have been carried by the Indians to a pitch far beyond which is necessary to supply the wants of a climate which knows so few”.”
Claude Alvares first seen 1492 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quoted in Decolonizing History: Technology and Culture in India, China and the West 1492 to the Present Day. Claude Alphonso Alvares, 1991
“Poetry, the queen of arts.”
Thomas Sprat (1635–1713) first seen 1708 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ode upon the Poems of Abraham Cowley", st. 8, in Oxford and Cambridge Miscellany Poems (London: printed for Bernard Lintott, [1708]), p. 106
“Though I had long lamented the strength of American naive pragmatism when it comes to education, during these ventures I came to understand more profoundly than ever how precious is our heritage of a liberal arts tradition and how threatened the humanities are by misguided vocationalism on the part of parents and students.”
Phyllis Pray Bober (1920–2002) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Life of Learning", Charles Homer Haskins lecture, American Council of Learned Societies (1995)
“I am an artiste. My interest lies in arts and that involves music and acting. For me, the only criteria I check for acting is, at least I need to believe the script is a great script and that it is being handled by a good production team, and it needs to be something that’s worth my time, I’d jump on it. So, there’s no preference here, it is just doing good work.”
Chike Ezekpeazu Osebuka (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I attended Fountain Nursery and Primary School, Surulere. I went to Federal Government College, Ijanikin, for my post-elementary education. Afterwards, I proceeded to the University of Lagos, where I studied English and Liberal Arts.”
Kingsley Ogoro wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“‘Make a Move’ has to do with healing through the arts. A lot of movies have tried to explore and eradicate the issue of abuse. We are not focusing on abuse, but importantly, on how you can get out of that situation you wouldn’t want to find yourself. It’s about emancipation; taking a step and finding the audacity to do something that would help your life.”
Ivie Okujaye (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Actually, I intentionally did not want to say, it’s either music or dance. I prefer to say it’s for the arts. Although it’s more about dance, I’m hoping that people would see that the characters change the direction of their lives through the artistic choices they made. So, it’s really not about music, it’s about healing through dance.”
Ivie Okujaye (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At length...man...emerges into the domain of the higher arts. Here he becomes truly ideal. Here he adorns as well as constructs. Here by the use of color and form he gives outline and substance to the things perceived in vision and dream.”
John Clark Ridpath (1840–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My father always taught me how to do everything. When I told him I wanted to be an actor, he told me to study dubbing, because in his opinion it was the best school. Not the Academy of Dramatic Arts, which sometimes churns out terrible stage actors. "Theatrical actors –he told me– speak 'birignao'. Instead you have to speak dialect, which is true Italian.”
Christian De Sica (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Diversity and inclusion are essential in the arts, for they enrich our understanding and broaden our perspectives.”
Wangechi Mutu (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Anything that has to do with the arts is hard living.”
Betye Saar (1926–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My inspiration was drawn from the current representation of people with disabilities in the fashion and arts industry.”
Xandria Kawanga wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The arts and entertainment industry doesnt have a history of diversity - we are only starting to get there now”
Athenkosi Kwinana first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: MY STORY| Living with albinism inspired me to create beautiful art 13 March 2023
“My mother taught me that the only Plan B is to enforce Plan A. As a kid, I didn’t want to invest in anything apart from the performing arts. There’s nothing else I wanted to do and it’s the only thing I’ll ever do. I want to die doing this.”
Siv Ngesi (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Paintings are becoming lost arts in Nigeria.”
Isaac Emokpae (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For me, there’s a reason we go misty-eyed at talk of the ‘dark arts’ of scrummaging,.”
Jake White (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Contemporary life, apparently so full of light (in every sense), actually contains vast areas of shadow, where only literature and arts are able to penetrate; they will certainly not be able to illuminate it in its entirety, much less change its connotation, but they can help us perceive its extension and complexity, which would already be a remarkable achievement. (p. 113)”
Corrado Augias (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I went to a performing arts high school so from the fourth grade I was training in dance. Dancing is what I wanted to do first because that’s what I trained the most in and trained the most vigorously for – hours and hours a day, five days a week and if there was a show or a performance – you can only imagine.”
Gabrielle Dennis (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was always a bit of a class clown and a goofball so doing standup comedy – writing sketch characters, performing and just being silly and crazy – is a great outlet for me. I didn’t realize how much I’d enjoy comedy because going to a performing arts high school we studied a lot of the classics – not that there wasn’t comedy in Shakespeare, but it’s a smaller amount.”
Gabrielle Dennis (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have learned one thing. As Woody says, "Showing up is 80 percent of life." Sometimes it's easier to hide home in bed. I've done both. - 1977 August 21, New York Times, Section 2: Arts and Leisure, He's Woody Allen's Not-So-Silent Partner by Susan Braudy, Page 11 (ProQuest Page 83), New York.”
Woody Allen (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source