Culture

“Film adalah hasil industri barang perdagangan, hasil cipta kebudayaan, dan alat propaganda, alat penerangan, alat pendidikan.”

“My painting is an act of decolonization—not in a physical sense, but in a mental one.”

“We cannot do without Urdu.”

“It’s to the detriment of the country when you do not have your own culture represented in the media.”

“The most important thing is that I'm writing in Irish Gaelic.”

“American enterprises need to take more time to study the market situation in Japan and manufacture products the Japanese people will want to buy, instead of expecting too quick results.”

“I cannot accept the concept of total regionalism.”

“Universalism, for me is born from specificity, not the contrary.”

“The Lebanese had created, preserved, defended, affirmed and advanced an expansive and liberal civilization.”

“لغتنا للأسف لا تزال بدوية تلتزم الخيام، وتقنع بالعيش في الوبر، وتحلم بالغيبيات.”

“We are talking to ourselves as we must and if we are overheard in America, or England, so much the better.”

“เราจักสำแดงความเป็นไทยต่อโลก”

“As a translated religion, Christianity through history became a force for translation.”

“The differences between African cultures far outweigh the similarities.”

“Language is a nation’s soul and life, while history is its consciousness and memory.”

“I am not any more looking at Hindu scriptures, symbols and rituals from the outside as ‘other’, but from within as ‘mine’.”

“Mi sentimiento es mexicano, mi color es mexicano, mis formas son mexicanas, pero mi concepto es una mezcla.”

“The Kenyan music industry is good. The problem stems from disliking our culture and criticizing it.”