Yo-Yo Ma Quotes

Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it solely at our disposal. Rather, it belongs mainly to our country, which gave it to us, and to humanity, from which we receive it as a birthright.

Museums are good things, places to look and absorb and learn.

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

The most basic task of any museum must be the protection of works of cultural significance entrusted to its care for the edification and pleasure of future generations.

You re being handed a national treasure. Your main responsibility is that whenever you may leave it, it still remains a national treasure.

I've got to where am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth of African culture.

We've got to map all of our ancient history before it's gone because, let's face it, if we don't have a common heritage to share, something to get excited about, then what are we living for?

I was absolutely delighted that those shows have been preserved.

My thinking is that if we're going to take from a culture, let's take from a culture that has exemplified success for thousands of years.

National cultures and heritages must compete for man's attention with the mind-absorbing advances of universal science.

The health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture, and our concern for the future can be tested by how well we support out libraries.

I'm looking at looting photos from space, and there are people putting their lives on the line every day protecting their heritage. I call these people the real culture heroes.

I like places that have history in the sense of - you feel responsible to it.

If you're playing in a tradition and you have no reference point to it, no understanding and have not studied it, I can't respect that.

I am very concerned about our national heritage, and I am very concerned that the films that I watched when I was young and the films that I watched throughout my life are preserved, so that my children can see them.

And I add my own love to the history of people who have loved beautiful things, and looked out for them, and pulled them from the fire, and sought them when they were lost, and tried to preserve them and save them while passing them along literally from hand to hand, singing out brilliantly from the wreck of time to the next generation of lovers, and the next.

Before this generation goes on to its ancestors, we should, we must, do our level best to pass on our lessons, so that they live in our people's minds and lives.

We want every generation to know a little something about TLC.

It is really important for me to help my culture.

All the events that have made up the character and fabric of British culture and everything that has happened to make up the fabric of America culture - art and music - includes the faces and the colours of a lot of people.

Chinese people need to be aware of their present and ask, 'What's our culture? What can we bring to the world?' I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

The modern museum has multiple purposes - to curate and preserve, to research, and to reach out to the public. They challenge us and ask us to question our assumptions about the past or the world around us.

We should train kids in the music and dance of our legends. That's how we can keep the traditions alive.

The British Museum is great for seeing how excellent we were at stealing things.

We have received a heritage of craftsmanship, of aesthetics, of taste, of identity. Our brands have the beauty to preserve and perpetuate it.