Quotes About Culture

I wanted to make my stories, which are inspired by Asian stories, into something fresh, decontextualized - to give them new life as a new kind of fantasy that isn't so cloying and exotic and strange.

There is my life in Cuba and my life in America, the old life and the new life, and almost nothing about them is the same.

If there's a secret to New Line, it's the people here.

We do live in this age of new media.

A way to make new music is to imagine looking back at the past from a future and imagine music that could have existed but didn't. Like East African free jazz, which as far as I know does not exist.

For me, to turn people on to new music, on to things that are going on in the world, is important.

In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement.

The world gives you money in exchange for something it perceives to be of equal or greater value: something that transforms an aspect of the culture, reworks a familiar story or introduces a new one, alters the way people think about the category and make use of it in daily life.

I was of that generation of NME-reading, indie fans. Part of the reason I went to Manchester was because of New Order and The Smiths. Growing up in the north west, it was where we aspired to go out.

I want to broaden my horizons, speak a new language, meet new people, and experience a different culture.

I like to meet new people and learn about their cultures - new cultures.

What I like to do when I get to a new place is buy local music early on and listen to it while we're driving around. I think it helps explain and illuminate the culture of where you are if local music is playing.

It's always good to see the world; always good to see new places. When I'm sitting at home, one of the great things is when my daughter and I watch TV, and when she sees or hears about a place for the first time, I tell her, 'Daddy's been there!'

The characters that populate my books are global nomads in their own right, keeping multiple homes around the world and constantly jet-setting to new places.

I like to travel and explore new places and simply love trying new cuisines.

We live in the Age of the Next New Thing; we're assaulted day and night by tastemakers telling us what the next hit will be, the next style, the next cool.

Basquiat will continue to show us new things about who we are and why he was so important.

I think, Koreans, they're really hard-working people. They're really innovative, and they try new things all the time, so I think it's just a matter of time when everyone will know K-pop.

So when I'm listening to music, I'm listening to a lot of hip-hop to be inspired and to hear new things.

Whenever you go to different countries, you learn new things and gather experience.

I'm one for new things: I like new technology, I like new music, I'm not entrenched in some view of what culture should be. I like the fact that it's constantly changing and that language is changing, that behaviour changes.

After playing for several European clubs including Chelsea I opted to come to Shanghai. I wanted to see new things here, to get to know the Chinese people.

The constant influx of new cultures, new ideas and new ways of looking at old problems is a big part of the reason why America has been the most dynamic economy in the world for well over a century.

If a writer doesn't do anything but give a new word to his language and, from there, maybe to other languages, I think that writer redefines the world.