Jan Vogler Quotes

Art is what defines us, what makes us human.

Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts.

Art is the signature of civilizations.

Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics.

If we are to preserve culture we must continue to create it.

A nation is a work of art and a work of time.

Civilizations are a matter of the mind.

Art is the permanence of a civilization.

Culture is simply a shared way of doing something with passion.

If you kill the arts, you kill love, and you kill progress.

Art and culture and all of these things - they really matter. They shape your individuality.

All culture, all important culture, is always linked to how people express and experience being alive.

Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think.

But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.

I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets.

Art and music is part of what it means to be a human being. And if you're neglecting that, you're basically ignoring a huge side of the brain and a huge side of what it means to be human.

Art is man's distinctly human way of fighting death.

Well, I think, you know, the arts are really what - one of the things that make this country strong. We always think it's our economy or our military power, but in fact, I think it's our culture, our civilization, our ideas, our creativity.

I am so excited to have created a line that has been inspired by my culture - showing its color, its passion and its greatness - and one that captures much of my personal style.

We need more theatres, more art and more culture in this country.

You have to work at creating your own culture.

It is the fight for national existence which sets culture moving and opens to it the doors of creation. Later on it is the nation which will ensure the conditions and framework necessary to culture

The greatest guarantee for the preservation of a person’s identity is language and faith, and all Armenians must carry these two values.

Cultural goods … are the source of the Nation's identity, continuity and development.

A culture is made — or destroyed — by its articulate voices.