I used to think it was possible for an artist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory.
I am not going to believe in militant nationalism, which cultivates a culture of intolerance, Can't we think of a solution without violence.
Throughout history, the most brutal cultures have always been distinguished by maternal-infant separation.
Their [cats] effortless passing between the wild and domestic worlds suggests the kind of grace we need as a species to move between nature and culture.
But the body had its own cultural forms. It had its own art. Executions were its tragedies, pornography was its romance.
You need to train yourself to be comfortable with silence, particularly when dealing with cultures that respect silence more than we do in the West.
Believers themselves are the point of continuity between creation and the new creation.
Our culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby,
Dishonoring what we feel is an epidemic that has us self-medicating as a culture and trying to numb ourselves.
Love has no culture, boundaries, race and religion. It is pure and beautiful like early morning sunrise falling in lake.
The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture. --The Fruit Hunters
We are sitting on top of a vast cultural and historical pyramid of accumulated misconceptions, lies and myths, built one on top of the other.
Authority allows two roles: the torturer and the tortured. Twists people into joyless mannequins that fear and hate, while culture plunges into the abyss.
There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat.
Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.
The attempted professionalization of serious and systematic thinking has had a disastrous effect upon our culture
Photographing a culture in the here and now often means photographing the intersection of the present with the past.
I think our culture encourages all of us to always put our best foot forward. I think it's a good thing. I think it's nice to rise to the occasion, to be kind and considerate, and have self control.
Corporate engineers have looked at how women are with each other, borrowing the best tips from female neighborhood culture and then transporting them back into the bosom of capitalism. They've feminized capitalism.
I think bad politics are incredibly dangerous, so it's important to make sure that people are communicating well. Culture and morale are super important. It's best to not force it, but let it happen organically and genuinely.
The best stories in our culture have some sort of subversiveness - Mark Twain, 'Catcher in the Rye.' You provide kids with great stories and teach them how to use the tools to make their own.
