Culture

““I felt like changing from the monotonous tunes of the harmonium and the piano, with this western music—everything sounded the same every day, every week. I said, ‘There should be drums here.’””

“Culture is our identity. Without identity, we cannot truly live.”

“I am proud to be a Yoruba woman and I will continue to promote my culture.”

“We cannot dispossess ourselves of our literary heritage. We speak the English tongue and write in the English language.”

““Looking at the people, the boys and girls who are in the scene now, it’s in good hands, man.””

“It's about Australians, finally, getting to enjoy the richness that's within Indigenous culture.”

“社会の中で音楽家が存在できるということは、奇跡的なことで。”

“Let African Christians be Christian Africans.”

“Ang panitikan ay mga kathang makasining, taglay ang mataas na uri, na naglalarawan ng buhay, kaugalian, mga karanasan at kalagayan ng bayan o sosyedad sa isang kapanahunan.”

“For me, philosophy was first and foremost the discovery of what it means to be a philosopher in Latin America.”

“Honest to God touched a nerve.”

“One broad historical generalization stands out clearly and convincingly, of which all histories of world culture will do well to take note, viz. the central position of India in the Orient world.”

“As an African writer I did not have to sound like a carbon copy English boy if I wrote in English.”

“Làm thơ với trái tim, với chất sống, không đủ. Phải có văn hóa nữa.”

“Queremos cada vez mais ser o ambiente onde todos se encontram. E encontram informação, diversão e cultura, instrumentos essenciais para uma sociedade que almeja a felicidade de todos e de cada um.”

“The struggle between tradition and individual expression is one that takes place in every culture.”

“For Colombians, the bicycle has been a passion since childhood.”

“For me, festivals are a great opportunity to show the movie to different audiences.”