Erica Jong Quotes

In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.

A country is made not by policy alone, but by its music, its entertainment shows, all of it.

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

Queen Victoria did not regard art, letters, or music as in any way springing from national character: they were something quite apart, elegant decorations resembling a scarf or a bracelet, and in no way expressive of the soul of the country.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.

Nobody is sure what our culture is or whether we even have a national culture at all.

National identity does not figure in the Tamil way of thinking.

For example, Taj Mahal is the first thing which comes to the minds of many foreigners who visit India, and how Eiffel Tower in Paris, but there is lot more to every country.

'Authentic' is one of my least favourite words because in such a diverse country, whose authenticity are you talking about?

Well, I don't think anyone now would say that they're painting the state of the culture of America. I think that's too grand and pompous a thing for anybody to claim.

The Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife, actually, was an effort to put something on the mall in Washington so American tourists could walk through America, and in their minds everything on the mall would be American.

The history of ideas is littered with the corpses of those who have tried to define culture.

Western civilization shapes the content of my films, provides me with subjects that haven't been used before.

The entertainment industry is vast and is a reflection of the society we live in.

I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.

Film, therefore, is part of society, not distant from it, easy to experience for people regardless of class.

Jazz, rock and roll, movies and comics are the culture of America.

A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.

The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?'

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.

There is a barbarism in the American soul, and we must protect some of it by law. To root it out is to endanger our lives on the one hand, and our liberty on the other.

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.

American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others - partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions.

Pop culture is like our subconscious.