[Culture] denotes an historically transmitted pattern of meanings embodied in symbols, a system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms, by means of which men communicate, perpetuate, and develop their knowledge about and attitudes toward life.
Clifford GeertzI'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything
Clifford GeertzI think of myself as a writer who happens to be doing his writing as an anthropologist
Clifford GeertzThe North African mule talks always of his mother's brother, the horse, but never of his father, the donkey, in favor of others supposedly more reputable.
Clifford Geertz