Quotes for All
I don’t know if I was as ambitious as to change the world, but I do feel like – the reason why I called the album \”Our Version of Events\” was that I feel a lot of people are not represented in pop music and popular culture. Emeli Sande
We’ve always believed that popular culture and populist politics go hand in hand. It’s an honor to be working with so many respected and influential artists, and we’re indebted to them for having the courage to speak out at a time when our country so desperately needs change. For our 2.5 million members and far … Read more
I hate these questions – I don’t like talking about this stuff [popular culture], because it’s so… to me, it’s so ordinary. Edward Snowden
Popular culture bombards us with examples of animals being humanized for all sorts of purposes, ranging from education to entertainment to satire to propaganda. Walt Disney, for example, made us forget that Mickey is a mouse, and Donald a duck. George Orwell laid a cover of human societal ills over a population of livestock. Frans … Read more
Often, we separate intellectual discourse from emotional reaction. But I take such genuine pleasure in things that are intellectually well architected. It’s definitely an integrated experience for me. Much more than any kind of cheap, emotional pulls that you get in popular culture, when I read a sentence and it’s beautifully written, it can bring … Read more
The Madden NFL franchise holds a special place in popular culture and the cover is a coveted position for players all over the league. I’m honored to be the first cover athlete chosen by Madden NFL fans and it’s a great way to cap off an amazing year for the Saints and the city of … Read more
As popular culture becomes more presentist, we move away from entertainment as the vicarious experience of a narrative – as watching someone else’s story – and much more toward enacting one’s own story. Moving away from myths and toward fantasy role-playing games, away from movies and toward videogames. Douglas Rushkoff
Popular culture is inescapable in the U.S. Why not use it? Don DeLillo
Complexity and profundity have been equated by the academic culture just as fame and significance have been conflated by the popular culture. Fame and significance have nothing to do with one another; and complexity and profundity have nothing to do with one another. Dennis Prager
I always wanted my photographs to challenge the status quo, to contest the kinds of images that existed in popular culture. Dawoud Bey