Malcolm Lowry Quotes

In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny. I wish I had understood Italian.

The films I enjoy seeing are those that reveal lives I was unaware of... in different cultures or whatever.

The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand.

Travel early and travel often. Live abroad, if you can. Understand cultures other than your own. As your understanding of other cultures increases, your understanding of yourself and your own culture will increase exponentially.

I kept on trying to use so many media and ideas in my work because our horizon is so vast and Indian culture is so rich that I think what we are today, culturally, we have a unique position and I don't think one lifetime is enough to encompass it.

I take great pride in the fact that I have lived in a Spanish-speaking country.

I'm thrilled of the acceptance I get abroad. The people are so hearty, warm and grateful and I feel privileged having seen so many countries and some of the greatest monuments.

I really knew when I started photographing I wanted it to be a way of knowing different cultures, not just in other countries but in this country, too, and I knew I wanted to be a voyeur.

I have no idea what it would be like to be just one thing and speak one language. I feel enormously privileged to travel and be able to mingle and speak to people that, had I only known English, I wouldn't have been able to meet.

Travel is so important in its capacity to expand the mind. It's exciting to start as young as possible - you get to see how other cultures live, challenge your senses, and try different cuisines.

I got exposed to so many different cultures and people.

We travel to learn; and I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own.

I always spend time exploring the customs and attitudes of the countries I'm using for locations, and interviewing the people who live there. I've visited over 90 countries thus far.

What's nice about 'Skinwalkers' is it's allowing an audience to see a different Indian perspective... I think, for myself, I'm trying to put the Indian perspective in a different dimension.

Many people don't know, but American Girl Scouts get to travel the world, and that's a very good thing, as the more we can expose our young people to other cultures, the better off we'll be in this increasingly globalized environment.

American audiences very rarely deal with material outside their borders.

Executives in Hollywood are missing a lot because they don't want to watch other cultures.

I enjoy it; my experiences abroad have taught me the importance of an open mind and have given me a willingness to wander off the beaten path - not only to keep life interesting, but also to understand in a meaningful way that things do not look the same from every vantage point.

I like to learn things from other cultures. I'm curious. It's exciting to be in an unknown world, in a way.

I was lucky to move around different cultures at an early age and have experience of different lifestyles.

We have an amazing job. We get to travel around the world and experience different cultures and just learn so many things.

I've been exposed to so many different cultures.

This is my hobby. Reaching out, getting to know other people's cultures, traveling to other people's countries.

My heart is filled with love for my new extended family - the billion-plus people in China who have shown me nothing but unconditional love.

I have always been intrigued by other cultures, and traveling to foreign lands has always been a part of my personal passion for learning about our world.