Art Education Quote

"I LOOK FORWARD TO AN AMERICA WHICH WILL REWARD ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ARTS AS WE REWARD ACHIEVEMENT IN BUSINESS OR STATECRAFT. I LOOK FORWARD TO AN AMERICA WHICH WILL STEADILY RAISE THE STANDARDS OF ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENT AND WHICH WILL STEADILY ENLARGE CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO AN AMERICA WHICH COMMANDS RESPECT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD NOT ONLY FOR ITS STRENGTH BUT FOR ITS CIVILIZATION AS WELL."

       President John Fitzgerald Kennedy
             -At Amherst College, October 26, 1963

Art Education Quote

An arts education helps build academic skills & increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently. ~Gavin Newsom

Picasso Quote

"Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into the sun."
Pablo Picasso

Here's the quote in its entirety : "There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun."

Great intro to begin a discussion about artists and Picasso.

Pablo Picasso
"Blue Dove and Yellow Sun" or "The World Without  Weapons"
"Le Combat Pour La Paix"

LITHOGRAPH DRAWN BY PICASSO FOR THE POSTER ADVERTISING THE WORLD CONGRESS FOR GENERAL DISARMAMENT AM) PEACE HELD IN MOSCOW FROM JUL1 9 TO 11. 1962. ON THIS OCCASION, 8,000 COPIES WERE PRINTED WITH TEXT IN GERMAN, ARABIC, SPANISH, FRENCH. ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN. PICASSO DID THE LITHOGRAPH, MEASURING 59 X 76 CM., ON MARCH 10, 1962.

Link to nice sampling of Picasso's work:
Picasso Art Page