Culture Quotes

"Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings" "Inspiration comes from the songs, the people, the streets, and everything" "Give me a museum and I'll fill it." "Tradition is the illusion of permanence." "Suffering is civilization" "In a world where the power of globalization is" "Also, to have culture, you have to have youth" "The power of a writer is that he is a powerful figure in the world" "Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny" "To have great poets there must be great audiences too" "There is something very odd about the respect accorded to religion." "What is true about individual dreams is also true about collective myths" "The family is the nucleus of civilization." "The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture" "The whole celebrity culture thing—I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it."