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The value of the visual Arts in Education for the development of the whole individual is being realized more fully everyday as Herbert Read says … "Expression is as important as impression or repression."

Quotes by art education authors used by Anne Savage.

The introduction to an exhibition of children's work in Anne Savage's calligraphy, shown here, illustrates her ideas about art education. It is a reflection of the era as well as an indication her philosophy of teaching.

About teachers, she once wrote:

"The outstanding quality that a teacher must have is absolute belief in the power of the child to find his own way...no mistakes are possible, no criticism, only appreciation and delight in the doing." - A.S.

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