Vivienne Westwood Quotes

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

I love California. It has such a strong contribution to the history of culture, and popular culture. For better and worse, of course. Even the worst can be interesting to some degree sometimes for somebody creative.

Languages and cultures are disappearing at an enormously fast rate, and many of them are in Canada. These are extreme examples of removal of freedom of expression - to actually lose a language and the ability to express that culture.

There are a lot of wonderful things created in our culture that have been ignored that can speak to them.

Considered now as a possession, one may define culture as the residuum of a large body of useless knowledge that has been well and truly forgotten.

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.

If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.

When the culture dies, the country dies.

Culture is more important than politics.

Culture more than politics determines the success of the society, but politics can save the culture.

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

Without culture, development falls apart.

Culture is more important than politics and government.

Our language, history, and civilization shine out across every continent.

Culture - art, music, literature - is the long game, because it's the way to change people's ideas in a more personal way.

I think that's something that we as black people in this country have been robbed of. I compare it to my brother's wife, who is Hispanic. She was born in America but her parents are from Honduras. She speaks Spanish. She knows the culture. But most black people, we were robbed of that. We don't know our heritage.

Culture is important. Wars are fought over culture. It's not just about folks showing up and being hoity-toity. Culture is about definition.

We need to have a view that culture has a value in itself, not just in terms of a social and economic value.

The mainstream consumed our culture.

The loss of the culture is one of the main reasons Ciro Guerra wanted to tell their story.

Culture is so incredibly important because it is the foundation for all future innovation. People with passion can change the world.

Culture has always been more important than politics. Sometimes culture is a mirror that reflects what is; sometimes it's a search-light pointing the way to what will be.

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved

A man will not need to study history to find out what is best for his own culture.

In Australia, we cling on to whatever culture we have. We're such a multicultural country.