The old complaint that mass culture is designed for eleven- year- olds is of course a shameful canard. The key age has traditionally been more like fourteen.
Culture Quotes
At the center of culture is cult.
Cultural relativism seemd convincing as long as it was based on both a vague and a low view of culture. The low view was implicit in the term culture itself: relativists could plausibly argue that the Western habit of eating potatoes was no better than the Asian habit of eating rice… But it was far […]
The early Muslim geographer, Mas’udi, found the Franks and Slavs of Europe to be the ultimate barbarians, and they became paler, grosser and dumber the further north one went. He blames this on the absence of the sun’s heat. Perhaps tiring of temperature as an explanation, another Muslim traveler of the period attributes the stupidity […]
It is implied in all superior culture that a complete man would need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.
It is proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in the simplest way.
Every man’s ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.
A cheerful, intelligent face is the end of culture.
Culture is to know the best that has been said and thought in the world.
Culture, with us, ends in headache.
