Culture Quotes

"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" "Give me a museum and I'll fill it." "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." "I think food, culture, people and landscape are all absolutely inseparable." "Doing less is not being lazy. Don't give in to a culture that values personal sacrifice over personal productivity." "I'm just a preacher trying to preach the gospel, the good news of this thing, which is diversity and the richness that it brings to our culture" "I'm half Hawaiian and the haka is a very sacred thing, something your family teaches you." "Artists are here to disturb the peace" "A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking." "People always say 'You do racial comedy.' And I don't, exactly. I do cultural comedy. Because race and culture are two different things" "There's a big difference between race and culture. Because racially, I'm an Indian man. Culturally, not at all"