“We are not engaged in domestic politics, in church building or in social uplift work, but we are engaged in nation building.” CultureNationsSocialChurchJusticeBuildingDiversitySocial JusticeUpliftingEngagedNation BuildingChurch Buildings Author:Marcus Garvey
“In every human society of which we know - prehistoric, ancient or modern, whether hunter-gatherer, pastoral, agricultural or industrial - at least some form of art is displayed, and not only displayed, but highly regarded and willingly engaged in.” KnowsHumansArtFormCultureModernArt IsAncientEngagedHuntersHuman SocietyPrehistoricHunter Gatherers Book:Homo Aestheticus: Where Art Comes from and Why Source: Homo Aestheticus: Where Art Comes from and Why
“Leisure, itself the creation of wealth, is incessantly engaged in transmuting wealth into beauty by secreting the surplus energy which flowers in great architecture, great painting and great literature. Only in the atmosphere thus engendered floats that impalpable dust of ideas which is the real culture. A colony of ants or bees will never create a Parthenon.” IdeasRealCultureLiteratureEnergyWealthCreationPaintingFlowerArchitectureDustAtmosphereEngagedLeisureBeesFloatsAntsColonySurplusIncessantlyGreat LiteratureParthenon Author:Edith Wharton
“The Greeks, with their truly healthy culture, have once and for all justified philosophy simply by having engaged in it, and having engaged in it more fully than any other people.” PeoplePhilosophyCultureHealthyPhilosophicalGreekEngagedJustified Book:Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks Source: Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks