Culture Quotes

"Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny" "There's a big difference between race and culture. Because racially, I'm an Indian man. Culturally, not at all" "Tradition is the illusion of permanence." "Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." "4: Without music, life would be a mistake." "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need" "I think it's important as an artist to never forget where you come from." "My Mexican roots are my pride and inspiration." "What is tolerated by the generations that precede us becomes an obstacle for the new generation" "The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself" "A room without books is like a body without a soul" "Give me a museum and I'll fill it." "Our elegy is a sociological one, yes, but it is also about psychology and community and culture and faith." "Suffering is civilization" "The whole celebrity culture thing—I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it." "I believe in the idea that where you come from is important" "It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind" "People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them" "Myth is supposed to bring us together, but fantasy alienates us." "The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization."