Art Quote by Chris Marker

“Culture uses art to dream the deaths of beautiful women.”

— Elisabeth Bronfen

The work of art expresses precisely those things which do not die. It must do so, however, in a form that bears witness to…

— Constantin Brancusi

Art is man's distinctly human way of fighting death,

— Leonard Baskin

The production of a work of art is determined by the material and intellectual climate in which a man lives and dies.

— Hippolyte Taine

We have art in order not to die of life.

— Albert Camus

As long as art lives never shall I accept that men are truly dead.

— Giorgio Vasari

Cultures grow on the vine of tradition.

— Jonah Goldberg

Each period of a civilisation creates an art that is specific in it and which we will never see reborn. To try and revive…

— Wassily Kandinsky

“Death is universal. The rituals associated with it, however, vary substantially—and are greatly influenced by their religious and cultural context.”

— Richard J. Borden

“When people die, cultures — African, Klassikan, or otherwise — follow rituals, written and unwritten. But beyond the customs, it is your character that…

— Don Santo

The culture stays alive, but certain parts of it die or fail, and that's very interesting to me.

— Campbell McGrath

The rise and fall of images of the future precedes or accompanies the rise and fall of cultures. As long as a society’s image…

— Fred Polak