--- title: "8 Important Cultural Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Important Cultural quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Important Cultural sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/070/jenna-wortham-5508_gender_the-speed-with-which-modern-society-has_137234.jpg" --- > [The speed with which modern society has adapted to accommodate the world's vast spectrum of gender and sexual identities may be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenna-wortham/the-speed-with-which-modern-society-has-adapted-to-accommodate-the/) [Jenna Wortham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenna-wortham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/070/jenna-wortham-5508_gender_the-speed-with-which-modern-society-has_137234.jpg) > [Of course food has an important cultural use in families, but there are things that have more important cultural uses in families,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/of-course-food-has-an-important-cultural-use-in-families-but-there/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38f/jonathan-safran-foer-136_communication_of-course-food-has-an-important-cultural_366586.jpg) > [Rather than protecting music as a sublimely meaningless activity that has managed to escape social signification, I insist on treating it as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-mcclary/rather-than-protecting-music-as-a-sublimely-meaningless-activity-that/) [Susan McClary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-mcclary/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4d/susan-mcclary-50001_activity_rather-than-protecting-music-as-a-sublim_771143.jpg) > [Besides finding a great place to stay, it's important for me to find at least one cultural destination to visit, other than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megalyn-echikunwoke/besides-finding-a-great-place-to-stay-it-s-important-for-me-to-find/) [Megalyn Echikunwoke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megalyn-echikunwoke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/megalyn-echikunwoke-21509_besides_besides-finding-a-great-place-to-stay-it_976245.jpg) > [Museums have no political power, but they do have the possibility of influencing the political process. This is a complete change from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-fortey/museums-have-no-political-power-but-they-do-have-the-possibility-of/) [Richard Fortey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-fortey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/richard-fortey-24595_archives_museums-have-no-political-power-but-they_2241830.jpg) > [Games are unquestionably the single most important cultural form of the digital age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cathy-davidson/games-are-unquestionably-the-single-most-important-cultural-form-of/) [Cathy Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cathy-davidson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e69/cathy-davidson-57607_age_games-are-unquestionably-the-single-most_2399637.png) > [We spend more time with our coworkers than we do with our loved ones, and yet we don't have that many novels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-wayne/we-spend-more-time-with-our-coworkers-than-we-do-with-our-loved-ones/) [Teddy Wayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-wayne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc0/teddy-wayne-47148_bickering_we-spend-more-time-with-our-coworkers-th_2951205.jpg) > [It's a bit of a bold statement, but the Prodigy should be seen as an important cultural band.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-flint/it-s-a-bit-of-a-bold-statement-but-the-prodigy-should-be-seen-as-an/) [Keith Flint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-flint/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/keith-flint-11876_band_it-s-a-bit-of-a-bold-statement-but-the-p_3153607.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/important-cultural/#itemlist", "name": "Important Cultural Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The speed with which modern society has adapted to accommodate the world's vast spectrum of gender and sexual identities may be the most important cultural metamorphosis of our time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jenna Wortham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenna-wortham/the-speed-with-which-modern-society-has-adapted-to-accommodate-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/070/jenna-wortham-5508_gender_the-speed-with-which-modern-society-has_137234.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/070/jenna-wortham-5508_gender_the-speed-with-which-modern-society-has_137234.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/070/jenna-wortham-5508_gender_the-speed-with-which-modern-society-has_137234.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The speed with which modern society has adapted to accommodate the world's vast spectrum of gender and…” — Jenna Wortham", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Of course food has an important cultural use in families, but there are things that have more important cultural uses in families, and broadening the conversation out simply from what's reasonable also allows in other things.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonathan Safran Foer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/of-course-food-has-an-important-cultural-use-in-families-but-there/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38f/jonathan-safran-foer-136_communication_of-course-food-has-an-important-cultural_366586.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38f/jonathan-safran-foer-136_communication_of-course-food-has-an-important-cultural_366586.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38f/jonathan-safran-foer-136_communication_of-course-food-has-an-important-cultural_366586.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Of course food has an important cultural use in families, but there are things that have more important…” — Jonathan Safran Foer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Rather than protecting music as a sublimely meaningless activity that has managed to escape social signification, I insist on treating it as a medium that participates in social formation by influencing the ways we perceive our feelings, our bodies, our desires, our very subjectivities - even if it does so surreptitiously, without most of us knowning how. 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