Lest we forget the first definition of Culture in Oxford Concise English.
“the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively; a refined understanding of this intellectual development; the customs, civilization, and achievements of a particular time or people.”
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“Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection.”
“Culture is to know the best that has been said and thought in the world.”
“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.”
“Culture has one great passion–the passion for sweetness and light.”
“Art still has truth. Take refuge there.”
“I am bound by my own definition of criticism; a disinterested endeavor to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world.”
“Who saw life steadily, and saw it whole.” (talking about Shakespeare and his greatness)
“The crown of literature is poetry.”
“Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things.”
“To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive.”