Aaron's Culture Page


culture (kùl¹cher) noun
  1. intellectual and artistic activity, and the works produced by it.
  2. A high degree of taste and refinement formed by aesthetic and intellectual training.
  3. a. The growing of microorganisms, tissue cells, or other living matter in a specially prepared nutrient medium. b. Such a growth or clony, as of bacteria.
Culture, the acquainting ourselves with the best that has been known and said in the world, and thus with the history of the human spirit.
Matthew Arnold (1822-88)

 One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832)

 Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my revolver.
Hermann Goering (attributed to) (1893-1946)


Culture, of course, comes in many guises, only a few of which I can introduce you to  here.
 
 

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