Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts.
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Art is the signature of civilizations.
The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals - its philosophers, its poets and its artists.
History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.
Civilizations can only be understood by those who are civilized.
Architecture belongs to culture, not to civilization.
When we look back at the Mayans or ancient Egypt, we look at their art.
A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.
Civilization and profit go hand in hand.
The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.
I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture.
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