Arthur Erickson Quotes

Modern man is prompt to prevent cruelty to animals, and sometimes even to humans, but no counterpart of the Humane Society or the Sierra Club exists to prevent cruelty to entire cultures.

We have no right to thrust our advanced views on our less advanced countrymen.

Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.

The concept of cultural appropriation is nothing less than an intellectual fence: Keep out.

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

Wherever you go, respect the local culture or you will suffer.

Doing any kind of culture in America in which you are not trying to affirm a European aesthetic is war.

Africa doesn't leap on you immediately; it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.

What moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures. But it is mine.

If you decide to move to another country and to live within its laws you don't express your disregard for the essence of the culture. It's a form of aggression.

The Chinese culture belongs not only to the Chinese but also to the whole world.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own.

While we can learn from U.S. models, we certainly can't practice them.

I think if I was Trinidadian, I would latch more on to the myths and romanticise the place more. I don't think it's my place to do that - they're not really mine. I'm an outsider.

When I was in Holland, the idea was, all cultures are equal and all are to be preserved. My idea was, no, all humans are equal, but not all cultures are equal.

We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation.

If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.

I don't have to participate in another culture's ceremonies in order to respect that culture.

I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture is for everybody.

In Holland I have seen well-meaning, principled people blinded by multiculturalism, overwhelmed by the imperative to be sensitive and respectful of immigrant culture, while ignoring criminal abuse of women and girls.

Culture makes all men gentle.

I try to study the background of the country I am in and what were my hits there, so I can at least give them some of what they want. It's like a wedding - give them something old, something new, something borrowed and definitely something blue!

Believing in each culture's right to be understood by the other party without any form of falseness or distortion is paramount.

Canada was conceived of by men of two different equally rich cultures, of two distinctive communities. Bilingualism and biculturalism are facts of Canadian life and should not be hidden or avoided. They're important, even vital to Canada as a nation, but they’re assets, not liabilities, positive factors, not negative ones.