Quotation
Quote by Amado V. Hernandez
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.
Explore the idea
Understanding this quote
The quote defines literature as more than written stories: it is made up of artistic works valued for their quality. These works portray how people live, their customs, their experiences, and the conditions of their nation or society. They also reflect a particular period, showing that literature is connected to both culture and time.
Source & trust
About this quotation
- Source
- Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy
- Format
- Article
Explore the idea
Topics
Join the community
Keep meaningful words close.
Save quotes, follow people and topics, join conversations, and publish words of your own.
““It’s the writer’s job to tell society what it pretends it doesn’t know.””
““Gambling,” says Painter Graham Sutherland, “is awfully like painting. However much you know about painting there’s always the gamble as to whether that actual physical touch will do what you want it to.””
“Music has no borders.”
“Theater is the initial glamorizer of thought.”
“This, and whatsoever I myself observed, after attaining years of discretion, for thirty or forty years, I laid up in the strong box (of my memory), and that I have written.”
“Writing is a renaming of the world.”
“It captivates both mind and spirit.”
Read quote“A craftsman can only play flat music but as an artist can make you fly.”
“I just try to make the best film I can. There’s no real ambition, so to speak. I love movies.”
“In any civilised society, the cultural landscape is our emotional scaffolding.”
A Map of Fired Clay
When a dockworkers’ first batch of bowls cracks in the kiln, potter Dalia stops hiding imperfections and begins experimenting alongside her students.
Read Story