“Magical realism allows an artist like myself to inject layers of meaning without being obvious. In American culture, where there is freedom of expression, this approach may seem forced, unnecessary and misunderstood. But this system of communication has become very Iranian.” MaySeemsArtistCultureExpressionCommunicationApproachObviousLayersRealismUnnecessaryMisunderstoodAmerican CultureMagical RealismFreedom Of ExpressionIranianMagic Realism Author:Shirin Neshat
“It's obvious that the rest of the world loves high African culture - African culture, period.” WorldCulturePeriodsObviousWorld LoveAfrican Culture Author:Hugh Masekela
“Things that are obvious don't need to be talked about. Things that are missing, do.” NeedsCultureMissingObviousService Culture Author:Ron Kaufman
“Without metaphor the handling of general concepts such as culture and civilization becomes impossible, and that of disease and disorder is the obvious one for the case in point. Is not crisis itself a concept we owe to Hippocrates? In the social and cultural domain no metaphor is more apt than the pathological one.” CultureSocialCasesImpossibleCivilizationDiseaseConceptsCrisisMetaphorObviousDisorderDomain Author:Johan Huizinga
“In spite of their obvious differences, folk art and popular art have much in common; they are easy to understand, they are romantic, patriotic, conventionally moral, and they are held in deep affection by those who are suspicious of the great arts. Popular artists can be serious, like Frederick Remington, or trivial, like Charles Dana Gibson; they can be men of genius like Chaplin or men of talent like Harold Lloyd; they can be as uni versal as Dickens or as parochial as E.P. Roe; one thing common to all of them is the power to communicate directly with everyone.” MenArtArtistCultureEasyDifferencesCommonMoralOne ThingTalentSeriousGeniusFolksAffectionObviousCommunicateSpitePatrioticGreat ArtBe A ManSuspiciousPopular CultureDickensChaplinFolk ArtRemingtonDeep Affection Author:Gilbert Seldes