When I think how art education is eliminated whenever we get a budget crunch in the schools, I have to stand up and say that even when there was dire poverty ten blocks away from Tiffany Studios in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, there was art and creativity within.
Interpretation
Art education is crucial and should not be neglected, even during financial difficulties.
This quote emphasizes the importance of preserving art education in schools, particularly during budget cuts. Susan Vreeland reflects on how, despite economic hardships nearby, there remained a spirit of creativity and artistic expression, highlighting that art is valuable and should be prioritized in education.
In practice
During a school board meeting discussing budget allocations.
Where there is no human connection, there is no compassion. Without compassion, then community, commitment, loving-kindness, human understanding, and peace all shrivel. Individuals become isolated, the isolated turn cruel, and the tragic hovers in the forms of domestic and civil violence. Art and literature are antidotes to that.
The great object of Education should be commensurate with the object of life. It should be a moral one; to teach self-trust: to inspire the youthful man with an interest in himself; with a curiosity touching his own nature; to acquaint him with the resources of his mind, and to teach him that there is all his strength.
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Any man is educated who knows where to get knowledge when he needs it, and how to organize that knowledge into definite plans of action.
If you can help a child, you don't have to spend years repairing an adult.
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