Jorge Amado Quotes

You have to be respectful of pop culture, because people interpret it in the way they want.

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.

It's not simply that British films do well at the box office and generate revenue, it's that they provide a window to the world of what Britain and its culture is about.

We say arts education is good for general education, but that's not the point. The arts are what great nations are remembered for. They are a mirror.

literature is an instrument of a culture, not a summary of it.

La Scala is easily one of the top 10 symbols of Italy's cultural excellence. That makes it vital to our global image. Closing it would send a message to the rest of the world that Italy doesn't care.

So our films had a lot more to them than entertainment value, and I'm glad that a lot of people recognize that now. People realize now the value of them as educational.

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.

The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable.

When I'm doing a store in a country, I always like to consider the concept of the country and the city. Ask what are the clothes of the city, what does this city represent for me?

Music is always a commentary on society.

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.

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

I wouldn't be surprised if some day, they put the Simpsons in the Smithsonian. It's become part of our culture, those characters.

Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.

Music and fashion are a sign of the times and a reflection of what people want and need at this very day and age.

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

Movies can tell us about our place, or lack of place, in our culture.

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

The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and the reflection that it gives of the African-American community.

Art is a nation's most precious heritage, for it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves and to others, the inner vision which guides us as a nation.

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

Understand me, Hollywood miniseries are very popular in England. But British miniseries make a tremendous mark on the national consciousness. They become part of the national culture and mythology... at least for a time.

Popular culture is most powerful when it offers us a vision of how our society should look - or at least reproduces our reality.

Richard Hoggart's cultural analysis 'The Uses of Literacy' was published in 1957, but its influence still hovers over anyone setting out to write seriously about people's affection for things that aren't serious, such as the products of pop culture.