Jeanette Winterson
Author
“Life has an inside as well as an outside. The workings of the human heart, the human mind, the human spirit, are best understood through the arts. Every child that ever was, loves a story, sings a song, paints a picture, dances for joy, enters an imaginary world as real as this one. If she has no toys, she will build a kingdom made out of dirt – and a story. In defiance of these simple facts, utility educators tell us that studying the arts and humanities is a luxury. If that is so, then being human is a luxury. Will the Orcs win?
Without the Arts and Humanities we do not know ourselves, only our achievements. Without the Humanities we cannot read the past – how did we get here? Without the Arts, we risk a future where humans look in a mirror without a reflection.”