Anish Kapoor Quotes

There's nothing universal about Indian families except that the family itself is deeply important across the country. It's sort of the fabric and anchor of our country.

The parent characters that I portray are Indian because I grew up in an Indian household. Having said that, I feel like people of all cultures would relate to those parents.

I remember from my earliest years people speaking, you know, in a certain kind of rhythm and telling stories and sharing experiences in a way that was different in Indian country than it was other places. And I was really struck by this and obviously very affected by it, because it's always come out in my songs.

Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up; it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car.

I did read Indian scriptures when we could get the English versions, but the problem was I never took the time to learn the language. Really, what it comes down to is that I knew the emotion of faith; I knew what my parents were trying to teach me, but we always said 'No' when my mom was trying to teach us Punjabi.

The older I get, I'm really reminded how important the arts are to our wellbeing as a society.

My father is from Jamaica, and as a child I spent many holidays there. I remember the weight and drenching wetness of that hot rain, as I experienced it in my childhood, not only for itself, but for what it represented for me.

Music is critical in our lives and culture. It's the inspiration that drives us. It's also the window to our souls. It's a reflection as to who we are, what we stand for and where we're going.

Enjoying art is a personal matter. It's made up by contemplation, silence, abstraction.

The arts are beyond price; they're beyond value. They're of incalculable worth in what it means to be a human being.

The arts are so important not only to society but to ourselves as human beings. It keeps in touch with our own humanity. So access to the arts in any way, shape, or form is vital.

Lucknow, as far as I have heard, is always known for its culture, literature and poetry. So it has set a cultural benchmark for the entire country.

Jasmine - it brings back memories of India with my parents.

American art ought to be monumental, in keeping with American life.

There's no heart like the Indian heart.

Colour is, on the evidence of language alone, very bound up with the feelings.

[ My time and our common culture] it's what I'm photographing, and I'm very involved with that.

The Pole listening to Chopin listens to the voice of his whole race.

There's such a history, and to be here, and to feel that, is really amazing.

Unless there is a strong sense of place there is no travel writing, but it need not come from topographical description; dialogue can also convey a sense of place. Even so, I insist, the traveler invents the place. Feeling compelled to comment on my travel books, people say to me, "I went there"---China, India, the Pacific, Albania-- "and it wasn't like that." I say, "Because I am not you.

The universality of a custom is pledge of its worth.

The residuum of another's expression can never be related to one's own feeling.

I could weep for a river-valley, and I have. But for a country? Oh man, I don't know.

Oh Rome! My country! City of the soul!