“The purpose of arts education is not to produce more artists, though that is a byproduct. The real purpose of arts education is to create complete human beings capable of leading successful and productive lives in a free society.” HumansArtRealPurposeArtistHuman BeingsSuccessfulProduceCapableProductiveFree SocietyArt EducationPurpose Of ArtProductive Life Author:Dana Gioia
“Yet the stones remain less real to those who cannot name them, or read the mute syllables graven in silica. To see a red stone is less than seeing it as jasper metamorphic quartz, cousin to the flint the Kiowa carved as arrowheads. To name is to know and remember.” KnowsRealRememberNamesSeeingRedStonesCousinMuteSyllablesQuartz Book:99 Poems: New & Selected Source: 99 Poems: New & Selected
“My blessed California, you are so wise. You render death abstract, efficient, clean. Your afterlife is only real estate, And in his kingdom Death must stay unseen.” RealWiseBlessedCleanKingdomsCaliforniaAbstractAfterlifeEfficientEstatesUnseen Book:99 Poems: New & Selected Source: 99 Poems: New & Selected
