The arts and humanities are vastly more important in troubled times.

Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics.

America is very decentralized in how it supports the humanities, unlike European countries where virtually everything stems from the central government.

The hallmark of our times is change and acceleration, but we have to provide the history.

Over the last 40 years the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities have strengthened our democracy by supporting our nation's ideals, institutions and emerging talents,

Make the difficult habitual, the habitual easy, and the easy beautiful.