Quotefilter: Who said something along the lines of "The way to know a people is through its artists"?

September 28, 2008 2:28 PM

Quotefilter: Who said something along the lines of "The way to know a people is through its artists"?

I don't have the exact qoute, but I think I remember it being attributed to Zweig. Howeverit was a while ago and I can't remember. My google-fu has failed on it and potential variations. Much thanks to the hive-mind if they can help me with this!

posted by Carillon to Writing & Language (2 answers total)

I am fairly certain he wasn't the first to use it, but that was Grand Admiral Thrawn's philosophy in the Heir to the Empire series from the Star Wars extended universe...
posted by CurlyMan at 8:42 AM on September 29, 2008

To know a society, the Yugoslav journalist Slavenka Drakulic suggests, look first at its public spaces.


That's the best I've got.
posted by coppermoss at 3:07 PM on September 29, 2008