3,162 Quotes About Culture

What do you do?" "I am in search of God." A culture where this answer is considered 'abnormal' is doomed.

… ‘metaphor’ itself is not a static, ahistorical term; it is not as though there is a pervasive, universal concept of metaphor which can be applied, like a template, to all ages and cultures.

The more conformist the culture, the more taboo “no” becomes.

My eyes crinkle into crescent moonsand sparkle like the stars.Gold flecks dance and twirlwhile stories whirlin their oolong pools,carrying tales of the pastand hope for the future.

Contemporary art, like contemporary literature, theater, music, everything, is almost always completely atrocious.

Oh, contemporary art, contemporary everything… Always giving credit where credit’s due.

Do you see your own culture as the most beautiful and perfect culture? You poor fellow! You are so much poor when you lack the beauty and wisdom of other cultures! Why is honey precious? Because honey is not the child of one flower, but a thousand flowers!

Eventually, somebody’s going to have to build upon the Canon and protect actual culture.

There is no future for the Culture.