How important is art in our society?

I think the arts are more helpful to society when they’re integrated into all classes than compartmentalized to a single class. I feel this early modeling of the arts’ place in our world results in less overall creativity in our day to day lives and lumps the arts into a ‘ leisure if I have time for’ level of priority. ‘Leisure arts’ are good for a person ‘s mental health, which cumulatively is good for a society, but doesn’t bring the arts naturally into the structure of society (especially the economy/how people can make a viable living).