Every
man's ability may be strengthened or increased by
culture.
-- John Abbott
American Actor
Culture, then, is a study of perfection, and
perfection which insists on becoming something
rather than in having something, in an inward
condition of the mind and spirit, not in an outward
set of circumstances.
-- Matthew Arnold
1822-1888, British
Poet, Critic
Culture, the acquainting ourselves with the best
that has been known and said in the world, and thus
with the history of the human spirit.
-- Matthew Arnold
1822-1888, British
Poet, Critic
Here
in the U.S., culture is not that delicious panacea
which we Europeans consume in a sacramental mental
space and which has its own special columns in the
newspapers -- and in people's minds. Culture is
space, speed, cinema, technology. This culture is
authentic, if anything can be said to be authentic.
-- Jean Baudrillard
French Postmodern
Philosopher, Writer
