Culture

“What we need is an open climate within our institutions to allow artists to practise their art.”

“The future of Uganda is Hiphop.”

“Personally, I have always thought that we ought to put a lot of resources in the way of African languages.”

“This is the benediction that is celebrated, a fresh language and a fresh people, and this is the frightening duty owed.”

“Našel jsem tu Válku s mloky. K Čapkovi jsem měl vždycky blízko.”

“La pensée africaine est aussi vieille que les peuples africains eux-mêmes.”

“To understand a culture is to say to yourself, If I’d been living then I could conceive that I could have believed that and remained rational and been quite a decent sort of person.”

“ヒップホップって文化だし、インストでもヒップホップは表現できると思うから。”

“The answer is within us, our own history, our own rich culture.”

“Would anybody anywhere else say something like that?”

“This is the marvellous thing about theatre. The audience continually relates it to their own lives.”

“La literatura refleja las ideas vigentes en una sociedad, y es expresión de ella.”

“If someone asks what the heart of Yamato is, I would answer: the mountain cherry blossoms glowing in the morning sun.”

“When I came to Poland, the [embassy] staff immediately said to me, 'let's promote Indonesia and gamelan!' But I just had to say 'stop that.'”

“Tradition is not constant and static; it grows and builds.”

“其實我唱歌是為全體中國人而唱的，和台灣、大陸都沒有關係。”

“The very essence of Russian life is communal.”

“This is Egypt, and I am one of its people.”