“All the work I did was to challenge politics, culture, and women's rights. I felt like I really wanted to break out. That's why I wanted to use graffiti. It's more open. I don't need people to come to an exhibition. Graffiti gives a voice to the walls.” PeopleNeedsGivingUseWantedCultureFeltVoiceChallengesBreakRightsWallWomens RightsBreak OutExhibitionsGraffiti Author:Malina Suliman
“I do not want my house to be rounded by walls and my windows to be closed to other cultures. I wish to become familiar with the culture of lands as much as possible but I will not permit them to affect me or shake me from my own status.” WantCultureHouseWishMy OwnLandWallWindowFamiliarShakesPermitOther Cultures Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“The first effect of modernism was to make high culture difficult: to surround beauty with a wall of erudition.” FirstsCultureDifficultEffectsWallSurroundModernismErudition Book:Modern Culture Source: Modern Culture
“The truth is, everything we know about America, everything Americans come to know about being American, isn't from the news. I live there. We don't go home at the end of the day and think, "Well, I really know who I am now because the Wall Street Journal says that the Stock Exchange closed at this many points." What we know about how to be who we are comes from stories. It comes from the novels, the movies, the fashion magazines. It comes from popular culture.” ThinkingKnowsWellsEndsStoriesHomeAmericaCultureNovelStreetsFashionWallTruth IsNewsWho I AmMagazinesWho We AreThe End Of The DayJournalPopular CultureStock ExchangeWall Street JournalFashion Magazines Author:Chris Abani
“People assume Wall Street is a certain culture and tech is a certain culture. But if you look at the (gender) numbers at the top of (those) industries, they don't vary very much. I think in finance, women hold 19 percent of the top jobs, and women are 21 percent of the leaders in nonprofits.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksJobsCertainCultureNumbersLeaderStreetsWallIndustryPercentAssumingGenderFinanceVaryNonprofits Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“Everything is this distorted mishmash of pop culture that pulls from this era and that era and is just thrown at the wall. These people have no clue what anything really means. There are guys out there getting a million hits for a video.” PeopleMeanGuyCultureMillionsWallPopsVideoErasThrownCluePop CultureReally Mean Author:Willis Earl Beal
“Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrians Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland values its creative industries differently from England.” ThinkingDifferentValuesCultureCreativeWallIndustryEnglandSouthScotlandHadrianCreative Industries Author:Sara Sheridan