Creative Quotations from . . .
Ruth Benedict
(1887-1948) born on Jun 06
US anthropologist. "She was an expert on American Indian tribes; wrote classic "Patterns of Culture," 1934; "Race, Science and Politics," 1940."
 
   
F
Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex.

R
I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.
A
I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.
N
" . . . work even when I'm satisfied with it is never my child I love nor my servant I've brought to heel. It's always busy work I do with my left hand, and part of me watches grudging the wastes of a lifetime."
K
"I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""Patterns of Culture," 1934."
R: "In "An Anthropologist at Work," part 1, by Margaret Mead, 1959."
A: "Jan 1917; in "An Anthropologist at Work," by Margaret Mead, 1951."
N: "9 Jun 1934; in "An Anthropologist at Work," by Margaret Mead, 1951."
K: "In "An Anthropologist at Work," part 1, by Margaret Mead, 1959."



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