"There is no question we need higher academic standards and at the local level the rigor of the Common Core state standards must be the new minimum in classrooms."

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It's hard for me to say what would happen if I didn't go to art school. It wasn't that I learned any specific painting or drafting skills at school that I felt I couldn't have taught myself. However there is something quintessentially unique and important that you gain by immersing yourself in ascholastic and creative universe, and being held to certain academic standards while being surrounded by artists of varying disciplines.

— John Dyer Baizley