Quotes from famous people in the cultural field 1. Culture cannot be pressed down from the top, because it should rise from below. ——Reed 2. Cultural progress is the law of history. ——John Helda 3. The vision of culture transcends machinery, culture hates hatred; culture has a great passion, the passion for pursuing harmony, beauty and light. ——Martha Arnold 4. Culture opens up the perception of beauty. ——Emerson 5. Culture is, or should be, the study and pursuit of perfection; and the perfection pursued by culture has beauty and wisdom as its main qualities. ——Arnold