Skepta Quotes

What I would not do is flaunt my Indianess by wearing a saree to work everyday, because it distracts from the job. So, I would not do that. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Social events are different. If I feel comfortable in a saree for a social event, I wear it.

A man who goes into a country must comply with the ceremonies in use there.

One needs determination to bring in changes in the lives of Devadasis. I would approach them wearing pants and t-shirt and without a bindi, they would chase me away. When I narrated the experience to my father, he told me to don traditional wear and dress like them. After bringing in changes in my dressing style, the Devadasis welcomed me.

You can't escape culture. You can learn about it. You can criticize it. You can try to move it slowly. But at the end of the day, you can't actually opt out of the culture that you're in.

We cannot just ape the west. What may be good in an alien country may be unpalatable in India.

The first rule to living in America is 'Stop tap dancing, you fool!'.

I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.

Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.

When in Rome, I must do as the Romans do. When in America, make Bikram copyright and trademark.

There aren't any looks or customs I wish would come back. Today almost anything goes. Culture constantly devours the past so there's not much that's missing.

When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

I try to be as normal as I can.

Whatever country you go to, you need to definitely follow the rules. So I believe it's very important for people, wherever they go, any immigrant should know or should try to learn something about the culture.

Travelling childhoods are a common theme among actors. Army kids, embassy kids, travelling salesmen, clergy. Thing is, you learn about behaviour, that different places are separated by behaviours which are culturally driven.

When in Rome, live as the Romans do; when elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere.

When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville.

Wear an Arab headcloth when with a tribe. Bedouin have a malignant prejudice against the hat, and believe the persistence in wearing it (due probably to British obstinacy of dictation) is founded on some immoral or irreligious principle…. if you can wear Arab kit when with the tribes, you will acquire their trust and intimacy to a degree impossible in uniform.

Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one’s home. I do not like after- shave lotion, adults who roller-skate, children who speak French, or anyone who is unduly tan. I do not, however, go around enacting legislation …

Each culture represents a harmonious balance of traditional conventions by means of which latent possibilities of human life can unfold themselves in a way which reveals to us new aspects of its unlimited richness and variety..

People should be able to express their culture without getting into all that chauvinistic thing.

I never thought fashion was the job for me, because I'm Japanese. Clothes! That was a European, society thing.

Other people's traditions look charming and decorative and exotic. They're nice places to visit on holiday, but you wouldn't want to live with one.

What I want to tell people is that you can mix the culture a little bit and it's not always appropriation.

Yoga is not Indian; it does not belong to India.