--- title: "6 Collective Memories Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 6 Collective Memories quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Collective Memories sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/neil-macgregor-16366_absorb_our-collective-memories-are-welcoming-pl_1303026.png" --- > [Our collective memories are welcoming places, and one image, that of Jesus, has absorbed and appropriated elements of other traditions and aspirations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-macgregor/our-collective-memories-are-welcoming-places-and-one-image-that-of/) [Neil MacGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-macgregor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/neil-macgregor-16366_absorb_our-collective-memories-are-welcoming-pl_1303026.png) > [Our memory is made up of our individual memories and our collective memories. The two are intimately linked. And history is our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/our-memory-is-made-up-of-our-individual-memories-and-our-collective/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/haruki-murakami-21_ability_our-memory-is-made-up-of-our-individual_1513524.jpg) > [I think history is collective memories. In writing, I'm using my own memory, and I'm using my collective memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-think-history-is-collective-memories-in-writing-i-m-using-my-own/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95d/haruki-murakami-21_collective-memory_i-think-history-is-collective-memories-i_2259851.jpg) > [“Stored personal memories along with handed down collective memories of stories, legends, and history allows us to collate our interactions with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kilroy-j-oldster/stored-personal-memories-along-with-handed-down-collective-memories/) [Kilroy J. Oldster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kilroy-j-oldster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/kilroy-j-oldster-1049_character_stored-personal-memories-along-with-hand_2482453.jpg) > [I think the isolation in China also has to do with people's memories being wiped out, collective memories as well as individual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yiyun-li/i-think-the-isolation-in-china-also-has-to-do-with-people-s-memories/) [Yiyun Li](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yiyun-li/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/yiyun-li-12305_china_i-think-the-isolation-in-china-also-has_3000618.jpg) > [“Jesse believed stories were the collective memories of the world, recorded in books so that each of us could know who we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaun-david-hutchinson/jesse-believed-stories-were-the-collective-memories-of-the-world/) [Shaun David Hutchinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaun-david-hutchinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ef/shaun-david-hutchinson-8024_atticus-finch_jesse-believed-stories-were-the-collecti_3021064.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/collective-memories/#itemlist", "name": "Collective Memories Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our collective memories are welcoming places, and one image, that of Jesus, has absorbed and appropriated elements of other traditions and aspirations in order to shape our communal remembering.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil MacGregor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-macgregor/our-collective-memories-are-welcoming-places-and-one-image-that-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/neil-macgregor-16366_absorb_our-collective-memories-are-welcoming-pl_1303026.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/neil-macgregor-16366_absorb_our-collective-memories-are-welcoming-pl_1303026.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/neil-macgregor-16366_absorb_our-collective-memories-are-welcoming-pl_1303026.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our collective memories are welcoming places, and one image, that of Jesus, has absorbed and appropriated…” — Neil MacGregor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our memory is made up of our individual memories and our collective memories. 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We each draw upon the guiding knowledge, theories, and advice available for us in order to explore the paradoxes, ironies, inconsistencies, and the absurdities encountered while living in a supernatural world. We mold our personal collection of information into a practical practicum how to live and die. Each day we define and redefine who we are, determine how we will react today, and chart our quest into an uncertain future.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kilroy J. 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