3,162 Quotes About Culture

One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.

Manhattanism is the one urbanistic ideology that has fed, from its conception, on the splendors and miseries of the metropolitan condition—hyper-density—without once losing faith in it as the basis for a desirable modern culture. Manhattan's architecture is a paradigm for the exploitation of congestion.

The performances will give a glimpse of the rich culture and heritage of India as the next hosts of the Games.

Consumer culture is contradiction in terms

A great introduction to cultures is their cuisine. It not only reflects their evolution, but also their beliefs and traditions.

Every culture loves scatological humour. That's always a favourite.

If you go back in Appalachian culture and you look at where families gathered, they gathered around the dinner table or the supper table, and that is where they shared their conversations of the day and we have tried to maintain that tradition.

When an artist is in the strict sense working, he of course takes into account the existing tastes, interests and capacity of his audience. These no less than the language , the marble, the paint, are part of his aw material.; to be used, tamed, sublimated, not ignored or defied. Haughty indifference to them is not genius, it is laziness and incompetence.

Even if you don't like colours, you will end up having something red. For everyone who doesn't like colour, red is a symbol of a lot of culture. It has a different signification but never a bad one.