Arts and Culture
North Carolina has rich traditions in art, music, and cuisine. The nonprofit arts and culture industry generates $1.2 billion in direct economic activity in North Carolina, supporting more than 43,600 full-time equivalent jobs and generating $119 million in revenue for local governments and the State of North Carolina. North Carolina established the North Carolina Museum of Art as the first major museum collection in the country to be formed by State legislation and funding and continues to bring millions into the NC economy. Also see this list of museums in North Carolina.
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Famous quotes containing the words arts and, arts and/or culture:
“I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)
“But here comes Generosity; giving—not to a decayed artist—but to the arts and sciences themselves.—See,—he builds ... whole schools and colleges for those who come after. Lord! how they will magnify his name!
—One honest tear shed in private over the unfortunate, is worth them all.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
“No race has the last word on culture and on civilization. You do not know what the black man is capable of; you do not know what he is thinking and therefore you do not know what the oppressed and suppressed Negro, by virtue of his condition and circumstance, may give to the world as a surprise.”
—Marcus Garvey (1887–1940)