Culture Quotes

"Give me a museum and I'll fill it." "Beauty has no obvious use; nor is there any clear cultural necessity for it. Yet civilization could not do without it." "The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization." "Myth is supposed to bring us together, but fantasy alienates us." "People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them" "It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind" "I believe in the idea that where you come from is important" "The whole celebrity culture thing—I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it." "Suffering is civilization" "Our elegy is a sociological one, yes, but it is also about psychology and community and culture and faith." "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny" "A room without books is like a body without a soul" "The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself" "What is tolerated by the generations that precede us becomes an obstacle for the new generation" "My Mexican roots are my pride and inspiration." "I think it's important as an artist to never forget where you come from." "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need" "4: Without music, life would be a mistake." "Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." "Tradition is the illusion of permanence."