Human life is reduced to real suffering, to hell, only when two ages, two cultures and religions overlap.
Glam culture is ultimately rooted in obsession, and those of us who are truly devoted and loyal to the lifestyle of glamour are masters of its history. Or, to put it more elegantly, we are librarians.
Cultures die. Life is not circular but ruthlessly straight.
Culture is liberation, the removal of all the weeds, rubble and vermin that want to attack the tender buds of the plant.[Sondern Befreiung ist sie, Wegräumung alles Unkrauts, Schuttwerks, Gewürms, das die zarten Keime der Pflanzen antasten will.]
Culture and possessions – there is the bourgeoisie for you.
Barbarism is the antithesis of culture only within a structure of thought that provides us the concept.