What was Athens attitude toward art and learning in Athens?

Answer 1

they were very cruel

Only citizens were allowed to go to school. I think they feel privileged

Answer 2

Most Athenians were simple peasant farmers and artisans. However there was an elite which promoted the arts and learning, and imported scholars ad artists from other parts of the Greek world and created a bubble of advancement financed by the spoils of the empire which Athens had established from the anti-Persian league which it had led after the Persia invasion.

However it was not entirely aristocratic. Religious festivals featured plays in which the peasant farmers were to bulk of the cast, and many others attended the festivals and the performances. But the major preoccupation was earning a living, maintaining a home and family, on public service as a councillor and jurist, and serving in the army and navy when called out. Art and learning were for those who had the leisure and means to participate.

Answer 3

Most people were so busy subsisting on their farms and trades, raising families and fighting wars to indulge themselves with art, which was reserved for the minority of the rich who could afford to indulge themselves. However the males did involve themselves in 'the Arts', which were a part of their religious life, participating in the religious festivals and associated theatre.