Importance of Arts and Humanities

• Arts and Humanities have the power to improve the quality of life. The
presence of performing and visual arts is an important component to
perceive the quality of life.
• Arts enable us to imagine the unimaginable and to connect us to the past,
the present and the future, sometimes simultaneously. Great literature,
films and visual art transport us to different places and cultures.
• Arts and humanities help us to develop critical thinking, witness others
experience, understand how people from different culture lives and their
own value. It broadens our perspective of life and society thus helps us to
deal with everyday problem and bring us closer to one another.
Humanities
• Humanities are studies about human culture, such as literature,
philosophy and history. Studying the humanities gives you general
knowledge, but not a practical trade.
• Humanities focus on critically interpreting culture and humanity and
teach valuable skills, making them a central component of most
colleges’ general education requirements.