Victor Koo Quotes

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

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.

Others think their American ways will work in other countries. That's not always accurate and can be disrespectful to the local culture.

The basic principle I have is that what is most Korean is what is the most international. I don't want to come here and act like I'm an American. I want to showcase the dynamic potential Korea has, and I want to prove that as an artist.

I got exposed to so many different cultures and people.

The issue of American world cultural dominance is moot. All the international debates on the issue seem to be held in English.

It isn't pleasant to surrender to the hegemony of a nation which is still wild and primitive, and to concede the absolute superiority of its customs and institutions, science and technology, literature and art. Must one sacrifice so much in the name of the unity of mankind?

I am very happy to help share the great treasure trove of Japanese content with the western world.

Cultural relativism has made it so people don't know who they are anymore.

We in the so called 'Western civilisations' have so much to learn from other cultures, and they would stand to gain so much by learning from ours. We don't have all the answers - far from it... but nor do any other culture or religion.

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.

I've been exposed to so many different cultures.

I've largely focused on Japan my whole career, so I was interested to see how my music would be received by people of different backgrounds, religions and cultures.

There's something really admirable about French culture and an attraction in how independent it is from our own. So, it's odd that in other countries that are very American-influenced - who seem to care more about the Oscars than anyone here does - there's both anti-Americanism and also too much America.

It's a wonderful thing to see a segment of our population that is open and eager to learn more about Chinese culture. It has filtered into the mainstream. You see credit-card ads on TV with white couples and Chinese babies.

I think we are evolving rapidly into one world culture. It's certainly one world economy. With billions of people online, I think we'll appreciate the wisdom in many different traditions as we learn more about them. People were very isolated and didn't know anything about other religions 100 years ago.

The domination of western values, beliefs and way of life has angered many from the east and in developing countries.

I am very happy since when I am in different cities I can experience and learn different cultures!

Most of the people who live in Washington come from other places and you can learn something from them.

Over the past several years, all of us as Canadians, and as members of the North American cultural and economic environment, have been to a greater or lesser extent party to a significant attitudinal change towards our culture.

We are, at almost every point of our day, immersed in cultural diversity: faces, clothes, smells, attitudes, values, traditions, behaviours, beliefs, rituals.

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.

Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end.

The question was heatedly debated of how much Western culture should be brought into China.