http://ask.metafilter.com/102876/Quotefilter-Who-said-something-along-the-lines-of-The-way-to-know-a-people-is-through-its-artists/ Comments on Ask MetaFilter post Quotefilter: Who said something along the lines of "The way to know a people is through its artists"? Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:42:47 -0800 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:42:47 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/102876/Quotefilter-Who-said-something-along-the-lines-of-The-way-to-know-a-people-is-through-its-artists Quotefilter: Who said something along the lines of "The way to know a people is through its artists"? <br /><br /> 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! post:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.102876 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:28:24 -0800 Carillon quotation quote artists http://ask.metafilter.com/102876/Quotefilter-Who-said-something-along-the-lines-of-The-way-to-know-a-people-is-through-its-artists#1491675 I am fairly certain he wasn't the first to use it, but that was Grand Admiral Thrawn's philosophy in the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553296124/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">Heir to the Empire</a> series from the Star Wars extended universe... comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.102876-1491675 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:42:47 -0800 CurlyMan http://ask.metafilter.com/102876/Quotefilter-Who-said-something-along-the-lines-of-The-way-to-know-a-people-is-through-its-artists#1492339 <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE0DD133AF93AA25754C0A964958260">To know a society, the Yugoslav journalist Slavenka Drakulic suggests, look first at its public spaces. </a><br> <br> <br> That's the best I've got. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.102876-1492339 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:07:24 -0800 coppermoss