Noun
studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
Source: WordNetNote too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel. Ovid
At a time when politics deals in distortions and half truths, truth is to be found in the liberal arts. There's something afoot in this country and you are very much a part of it. Joyce Carol Oates
I'm a liberal arts junkie. Mary Chapin Carpenter
Cute,” she said, smiling. "If the liberal arts do nothing else they provide engaging metaphors for the thinking they displace. Roger Zelazny
Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts. Baruch Spinoza
I decided that I didn't want to spend my time in a liberal arts college. Chick Corea