Quotes About Culture

If you want to know what a given society believes in, look at what its largest buildings are devoted to.

In order to be an artist, one must be deeply rooted in the society.

Human society, the world, and the whole of mankind is to be found in the alphabet.

Mathematics is not merely an idle art form, it is an essential part of our society.

The dynamics and structures found in those groups called families in our society may not be evident in those groups called families in other places and times.

...a metaphor that works in one society may seem preposterous in another.

The needs of a society determine its ethics.

Happiness is our natural state. Happiness is the natural state of little children, to whom the kingdom belongs until they have been polluted and contaminated by the stupidity of society and culture.

I certainly and deliberately introduced a great deal of variety into the people in the clamshell, which I suppose grows out of growing up in an individualistic society we profess to have.

A sick society must think much about politics, as a sick man must think much about his digestion.

I can't imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father.

In spite of all our speeding it's still the style to be late.

Appearance is valued too much in our society.

To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.

I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mould society.

I love hip-hop music, ... It's rebel music is how I like to speak about it. Hip-hop and reggae come from the same community as far as class...they both come from the bottom of society.

Art has political consequences, which is to say, it reorganizes society and creates constituencies of people around it.

We don't evaluate what's right and wrong, we live in a society. We live in a culture. We have to live within the culture.

I think society has become more and more immune to reality television which is the most frightening thing in the world to me.

That a good fit between parental handling and child temperament is vital to help children adapt to the imperatives of their society is a crucial concept that can be applied to other cultures.

Every language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.

Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman, I care not what his stamp may be in society; I care not what clothes he wears, or what culture he boasts.

Television is a formidable thinking tool. You are like an analyst to whom society's subconscious would be offered wide open.

Once something is memorable, it's living and you're using it. That to me is the foundation of a creative society.