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Alexander, Jane.
Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts (1993-1997)
"When we teach a child to sing or
play the flute, we teach her how to
listen. When we teach her to draw,
we teach her to see. When we teach a
child to dance, we teach him about
his body and about space, and when he acts on a stage, he learns about
character and motivation. When we teach
a child design, we reveal the
geometry of the world. When we teach
children about the folk and traditional arts and the great masterpieces
of the world, we teach them to
celebrate their roots and find their own place in history."
"What we do is look for high standards of excellence
in the arts."
From the Publisher: Jane Alexander had never been involved in mainstream
politics and was happily engaged in her acting career when she was asked
to consider becoming head of the embattled National Endowment for the
Arts in the early 1990s. In Command Performance, Alexander brings a Washington outsider's perspective and an actor's eye for the telling human detail to an anecdote-filled story of the art of politics and the politics of art. And at the start of a new administration in Washington, she reminds us why we need art and why government should be in the business of supporting it.
