Jane Alexander ,quotes

There are two parts to the cre...

There are two parts to the creative endeavor: making something, then disseminating it.

Jane Alexander 03.03.2018 03:03:03 34 quotes

This thing called love was a t...

This thing called love was a total mystery to me, but the vagaries of passion and despair that accompanied each devotion kept my life in high drama.

Jane Alexander 03.03.2018 03:03:03 34 quotes

All I want to do is make sure ...

All I want to do is make sure that art is available to all Americans in a participatory way, whether you engage in the art process yourself or you're an audience member.

Jane Alexander 03.03.2018 03:03:03 34 quotes

What we do is look for high st...

What we do is look for high standards of excellence in the arts.

Jane Alexander 23.03.2006 04:04:43 34 quotes

Well, in the 1990 reauthorizat...

Well, in the 1990 reauthorization legislation, there was a phrase that said we do not fund obscenity as defined by a court of law.

Jane Alexander 23.03.2006 04:04:27 34 quotes

We have only two criteria, rea...

We have only two criteria, really - artistic merit and excellence - keeping in mind, now, the diversity of the American people.

Jane Alexander 23.03.2006 04:03:35 34 quotes

There's a lot of people in any...

There's a lot of people in any given community - rural, inner-city, or whatever - who have simply no access to the arts.

Jane Alexander 23.03.2006 04:03:23 34 quotes

The endowment has never funded...

The endowment has never funded anything completely by itself, except in a few cases.

Jane Alexander 23.03.2006 04:03:06 34 quotes

Senator Helms might very well ...

Senator Helms might very well do that. I would point out to him that we in the art world are not necessarily in the business of making controversial art.

Jane Alexander 23.03.2006 04:02:47 34 quotes

Now, I cannot approve anything...

Now, I cannot approve anything the council has rejected, but I can reject anything the council has approved.

Jane Alexander 23.03.2006 04:02:32 34 quotes

No one's conception of art is ...

No one's conception of art is going to be acceptable to everybody.

Jane Alexander 23.03.2006 04:02:06 34 quotes

Nazi Germany produced some pos...

Nazi Germany produced some posters that would certainly rank as artistically meritorious; their political content was anathema to most people.

Jane Alexander 23.03.2006 04:01:54 34 quotes

Most of our funding goes to or...

Most of our funding goes to organizations and is then used to leverage the private sector.

Jane Alexander 23.03.2006 04:01:26 34 quotes

It would be difficult, in this...

It would be difficult, in this day and age, to fund art that made racial slurs.

Jane Alexander 23.03.2006 04:01:08 34 quotes

If a panel feels that a grant ...

If a panel feels that a grant is worthy and they know the content of the work of art in question, we at the endowment will be prepared to defend it.

Jane Alexander 23.03.2006 04:00:53 34 quotes

I've seen society change so mu...

I've seen society change so much since the '60s and early '70s, and still we have the endowment and still we have art.

Jane Alexander 23.03.2006 04:00:28 34 quotes

I knew as well as anybody what...

I knew as well as anybody what the endowment does for artists because I had been someone it had supported through not-for-profit theater.

Jane Alexander 23.03.2006 04:00:10 34 quotes

I guess what the president is ...

I guess what the president is saying with regard to the private sector is that we want to see more consistent private giving.

Jane Alexander 23.03.2006 03:59:33 34 quotes

I don't know where art is goin...

I don't know where art is going to go in the future, so I can't hypothesize about whether I would still want to be at the NEA if it got into any issue of morality.

Jane Alexander 23.03.2006 03:59:13 34 quotes

I don't know how one actually ...

I don't know how one actually would define obscenity. I'm sure the definition is different according to the age one is living in.

Jane Alexander 23.03.2006 03:59:01 34 quotes

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