Fragments/culture

Famous quotes containing the words fragments and/or culture:

“We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the surface, having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part.”
—Allan Bloom (1930–1992)

“The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)