Culture Quote by Joel Edgerton Download Open image “Cultures render their icons in their own image. Which comes down to vanity, in some sense.” — Joel Edgerton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Culture Cultures Down Icons Image Own Render Sense Some Vanity Which
Cultures cherish artists because they are people who can say, Look at that. — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“As the social matrix becomes increasingly subject to rapid fluctuations, throwing out anchors into a collectivised past becomes more prominent than movement into a… — Phil Hine Copy Share Image
I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
There's always a sense of tragedy with icons. It happened to both the Princess of Wales and Diana Dors. A lot of people had… — Keeley Hawes Copy Share Image
This would be a distortion of their meaning, since the pictures are intimate and intense, and are the opposite of what is decorative; and… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
“...There are issues worth advancing in images worth admiring; and the truth is never "plain," nor appearances ever "sincere." To try to make them… — Dave Hickey Copy Share Image
Cultural objects have no notable identity outside of that which we confer upon them. Their value is entirely a product of the interaction that… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
But I feel vanity is a part of art and the non-vain are really non-artistic. — Barry Webster Copy Share Image
We're supposed to be the people who make culture, not decorate culture. — James Victore Copy Share Image
At some point, you have to disconnect, if the obsession with playing a real person gets in the way of the movie at large.… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
I'm single, footloose and fancy free, I have no responsibilities, no anchors. Work, friendship and self-improvement, that's me. — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the Egyptians weren't the greatest artists in the world. — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
Even to this day, when I think about the fact that I'm in this 'Star Wars' world, that I'm a half-brother to Darth Vader… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
I think the great thing about characters is the ways that they can be surprising. I mean, sometimes you think you've got a lock… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
Actors are excused from a lot of things, and we get away with a lot... I find it equally interesting and exciting as it… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think being an actor is like being a dog for a director; it's like they throw a stick, and you want to… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
In the hearing world, I'm constantly having to lip-read and trying to understand what's going on. Sign language is so beautiful. It gives you… — Rose Ayling-Ellis Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in Orlando, where the economy and culture has been powerfully shaped by tourism, and so I've long been interested… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people. — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
The U.S.-Mexican border es un herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
What it comes down to for me is this: Will the technologies of communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly… — Deborah Bull Copy Share Image
In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs...… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
It is not my intention to explain Turkey, its culture and its problems. My literature has a universal concern: I want to bring people… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I don't think the distinction between high and low culture exists anymore. — Jeremy Scott Copy Share Image