Quote by National Endowment for the Arts

“Overall, it seems that we have to accept that Western civilization will decline. It is, essentially, inevitable.”

— Bruce Charlton

“When things flourish they decline.”

— Lao Tzu

The first sign on a declining civilization is a decline in the arts.

— Diana Palmer

“Culture is not enough, even though nothing is enough without culture.”

— T.S. Eliot

“When a culture vanishes, humanity is the loser.”

— Rohinton Mistry

“I am not too worried about the many changes in today's society, but I am rather overly concerned about societies refusal to change from…

— Lawrence Sankar

“incomplete attempts to introduce a new culture cannot only fail to produce results but can also cause residual resentment that can become resistant to…

— Liz Wiseman

“When civilization is strong and widespread enough, "culture" will appear and take care of itself.”

— John Lukacs

“Change the fabric of their culture? It hasn’t happened yet, not in two thousand years. And it won’t happen now.”

— James Webb

The lack of cultural segregation leads to degradation.

— Ilkin Santak

“Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.”

— Brandon Sanderson

“All culture, whatever significance it may have, just as all education, civilization, development, is absolutely powerless to renew the inner man.”

— Herman Bavinck