The Arts are fundamental ...

The Arts are fundamental resources through which the world is viewed, meaning is created, and the mind developed. To neglect the contribution of the Arts in education, either through inadequate time, resources, or poorly trained teachers, is to deny children access to one of the most stunning aspects of their culture and one of the most potent means for developing their minds.
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 Elliot W. Eisner

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Learning in the arts requires the ability and a willingness to surrender to the unanticipated possibilities of the work as it unfolds.
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 Elliot W. Eisner
Schools are not about enabling children to have a living but about children being able to have a life.
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 Elliot W. Eisner
In some sense our aim ought to be to convert the school from an academic institution into an intellectual one. That shift in the culture of schooling would represent a profound shift in emphasis and in direction.
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 Elliot W. Eisner
The needs of children during adolescence are particular and acute. They need an opportunity to develop a sense of identity and to maintain the sense of security that emanates from group acceptance.
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 Elliot W. Eisner
Minds, unlike brains, are not entirely given at birth. Minds are also forms of cultural achievement.
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 Elliot W. Eisner