“The main reason for civilization is that life is more comfortable. In a way, houses are there to protect us from rain, cold, and heat; cars are there to overcome distances. Culture is the exception. Music, art, and all of the different cultural expressions are not going in that direction. They're not about comfort; they're about understanding each other.” WayArtDifferentReasonLife IsCultureHouseUnderstandingCarExpressionColdComfortCivilizationProtectComfortableRainOvercomingDistanceHeatExceptionUnderstanding Each Other Author:Pipilotti Rist
“High culture always isolates, always drives men out of their class, and makes it more difficult for them to share naturally and easily the common class-life around them. They seek the few companions who can understand them, and when these are not to be had within a traversable distance, they sit and work alone.” MenCultureDifficultCommonClassShareDistanceCompanion Book:The Intellectual Life: With a portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, etched by Leopold Flameng Source: The Intellectual Life: With a portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, etched by Leopold Flameng
“Calling something exotic emphasizes its distance from the reader. We don't refer to things as exotic if we think of them as ordinary. We call something exotic if it's so different that we see no way to emulate it or understand how it came to be. We call someone exotic if we aren't especially interested in viewing them as people - just as objects representing their culture.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayDifferentCultureObjectsReaderCallingOrdinaryDistanceRepresentingExoticEmulate Author:N.K. Jemisin
“I like the little bit of distance that London affords me and I like living in a world capital. I like having the culture at my fingertips.” WorldLittlesCultureBitsLittle BitDistanceLondonFingertips Author:Cillian Murphy
“How do we work together? For if we want liberation for women, then we're committed to building a society in which these distances--of class and economics--dissolve, and all our authentic differences--cultures, personalities, sexualities, talents, and aspirations--emerge and are equally nourished.” IfsWantTogetherCultureDifferencesFreedomClassTalentBuildingPersonalityDiversityEconomicsDistanceCommittedSexualityLiberationAspirationWorking Together Author:Irena Klepfisz
“In my art and life, I really strive to reverse the old adage that what you see is what you get. If I can be Coyote and practice my sneak-up, I can engage the viewers from a distance with one image and lure them in for exposure to another layer, which changes the initial view into quite a different reality. After all, that is what ethnic culture is all about - or even an ongoing relationship. What you see on the surface is never the same again one you begin to plumb the depths.” IfsArtI CanDifferentRealityCultureViewsPracticeDistanceStriveDepthSurfaceLayersReverseViewersExposureInitialsOngoingAdagesSneakLureSuperficialityCoyotesArt And LifeDifferent Realities Author:Jaune Quick–to–See Smith