Mary Ellen Mark Quotes

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

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

I've been exposed to so many different cultures.

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.

I am very happy since when I am in different cities I can experience and learn different cultures!

I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to understand the North Africans, not to understand themselves.

One of the great ambitions is to discover the diversity of the world, to discover who inhabits the world.

Globalization means we have to re-examine some of our ideas, and look at ideas from other countries, from other cultures, and open ourselves to them. And that's not comfortable for the average person.

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.

Exploring an ever-expanding world of diverse cultures and beliefs is at the very heart of the 'Dragonships' series.

I'm certainly curious about people. As a kid, I moved around a lot. I was raised in a lot of different places, and thanks to working in the movies, I've gotten to keep traveling. I've always been interested in other cultures and languages.

I'm more of a culture hummingbird.

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.

An English man does not travel to see English men.

I now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It's an adventure, a dream... I feel like I'm on an anthropological mission.

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

I love getting to have different food and getting to be around different people and different cultures and different ways people look at life. It's really kind of helped me open up my mind and see the world from different perspectives.

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

I understand different cultures because I have travelled a lot.

I like to meet new people and learn about their cultures - new cultures.

The joy of tasting different cultures is it gives you a broad perspective, and you don't judge people from stereotypical characters you see in films.

As a kid, I used to dream about airplanes before I ever flew in one. 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 enter other lives. I knew I wanted to be a voyeur.

I like making films about different cultures. I'm interested in things that I've never encountered before. I try to put myself in the audience's position.