25 result(s) for Quotes About Saving Artistic And Cultural Achievements.
"A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people."
"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."
"Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it."
"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."
"The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction in the life of a nation, is close to the center of a nation’s purpose…"
"The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame."
"Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse."
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"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
"A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within."
"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."
"The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are."
"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."
"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
"To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots."
"Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures."
"When a library closes, something infinitely precious disappears, and the lightness of civilization is diminished."
"Heritage is not what we inherit, but what we choose to preserve."
"The works of the artist touch eternity and bridge the gap between ages."
"Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder."
"The arts are not a luxury, but a necessity."
"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."
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"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."
"Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit."
"History is who we are and why we are the way we are."
"Great art picks up where nature ends."
