Culture Quotes

"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." "Beauty has no obvious use; nor is there any clear cultural necessity for it. Yet civilization could not do without it."