National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu states: 'If we can show through hard evidence the connections of arts to our everyday lives, where it might be the beauty of art itself, or it might be the results of how the arts affect and help academic performance in our students and achievement as well as healing, and other aspects — economic, it’s s strong economic driver. … When we are able to send out the message that the arts belong to all of us, that they’re not a frill, and they’re not off in a corner, but they’re really for everybody in all kinds of different ways — that’s a measure of success.”
http://www.ktoo.org/2015/09/02/national-arts-endowment-leader-jane-chu-explains-art-worth/