Garth Davis Quotes

A country is made not by policy alone, but by its music, its entertainment shows, all of it.

But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.

I suppose my Iranian identity is one of the driving forces for being a writer: I want to set the record straight about who I really am.

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.

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

Museums are western inventions where the rich and the powerful or the government and the state tend to exhibit the signs and symbol and images of their culture.

When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris.

I'm not becoming western; I am still following my Pashtun culture, and I'm wearing a shalvar kamiz, a dupatta on my head.

Our films have the ability to tell global audiences who we are, and this is something the government should feel compelled to protect. My film, 'Bend it Like Beckham,' for example, would not have been made without the backing and support of the U.K. Film Council.

Previously the same Polish audiences would have been pressured into seeing cinema made for adults, films made by us about those spheres of life that were significant for us and which should be significant for our society.

If we are to preserve culture we must continue to create it.

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

I am so excited to have created a line that has been inspired by my culture - showing its color, its passion and its greatness - and one that captures much of my personal style.

American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis.

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.

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

We never wore burkas because Somalis had our own culture.

For years all I seemed to be doing was lobbying politicians and others to persuade them that European culture needed movies, and that we had to protect it.

It is not within the competence of the public authorities to determine culture. Their function is to promote and protect the cultural life of everyone, including that of minorities.

The coming of age of Canadian culture may not depend on our ability to protect it at home, but to project it on the world’s stage.

Art is the permanence of a civilization.

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

I live in Australia, and I am Australian, and because I grew up in an era where we didn't have a film industry, and now we do, it's just really exciting for me to be able to say that I work in my own culture in a medium that I find fascinating.

My hairstyle is not common in India, where my parents come from.

I am completely attached to my roots, and therefore you will see a Pahadi touch in all my albums.