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"The state should go about protectionism and promotion of its cultural interests"
Volodyslav Troyitsky, founder of the Dakh Modern Art Center, producer, actor  The post-iron-curtain modern art proved to be too vast and too technological. And without backing of the state our system of artistic and theatrical system of education fails to be fully functional.
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«A marginal spirit brings forth secondary phenomena in all ways of life. »
Kateryna Motrych, authoress  “A man or woman outside his / her cultural space behaves like a nomad. S/he bears no past in himself/herself and feels no responsibility for the future. S/he can ruin all past heritage for the sake of his or her brief earthly existence.”
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“We either cannot or prefer not to make cultural products for the global market”
Serhiy Datsiuk, Gardarika Corp.  The problem Ukraine has run into consists in the refusal of population to consume its domestic culture; it is far more serious then expiring of traditional culture.
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Culture never dies, though…
Kostiantyn Rodyk, book market expert…  The culture is still there. It changes and becomes simpler. There is always high culture and popular or mass one which is in sight and continues developing. The classical culture may slow down its pace, but it is still there all the same.
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The health of nation as an organism is not that important; if its culture as a psychic entity is not functioning in a proper way, everything else will fail
Kyrylo Stetsenko, Honored Artist of Ukraine, Professor of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts  The adaptable mechanisms are needed to strengthen culture in time and space in order to preserve its essence. Ideally, the culture must bring forth inherent civilization; not every nation is a success at it, but Ukrainians must build the civilization of heart. The signs from the past back our progress. Our soul strives against pragmatism and tends to realize its essence.
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“The Ukrainian cultural product is not a kind of large-scale manufacturing”
Yurko Zeleny, expert in singing The western pop-culture tends to prop the best and make them the best known. We have it the other way round. If Robbie Williams were not backed or promoted, he would have stuck to the backyard.
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Imitating foreign standards is a way to gradually disappear for Ukrainian culture
Nazip Khamitov, Doctor of Philosophy, writer, psycho-analyst  In modern Ukraine a quality cultural product (by world standards) is a rarity. It is an inevitable “illness of growth”. It is important, though, that the bulk sale of pop does not kill the respect to the non-pop culture. Nobody should confuse best sellers with masterpieces.
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The state has not a slightest idea about culture and its needs
Natalia Yermakova, dramatic critic The culture is in poor condition today; it is kept together only by tradition demanding that a social man should take interest in matters of culture and art, and this interest is all-sufficient as a mechanical phenomenon.
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The world has changed, but artists are maladjusted still
Oleg Pinchuk, sculptor  In the world of art it is not important what you are doing; only the result really matters; and in this domain the artistic effort is not sufficient. The time of loners has expired.
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The cultural niche for Ukraine is too modest.
Pavlo Hudymov, artist, photographer, publisher, art center "I am the Gallery"  Ukraine must learn two things: to value native Ukrainian art and promote international cultural image.
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“The culture depends on individualities”
Les Podervyansky, Ukrainian writer and artist  The cultural policy may be different. It can be aggressive (as in France or Russia), or neutral. And nobody knows, what is better, because there are many countries having no ministry of culture, but having flowering culture.
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The theatricality of politics is already there; next goes the carnival stampede
Serhiy Proskurnia, producer  In essence, the culture is replaced by glamor and high life. It is a vanity fair aspiring for worthless competition of mediocrity. All of it endangers culture. The bulk of population is reading nothing, goes nowhere and feels groovy with the subculture of glamor and high life deeming it the utmost goodness! Then the realities decenter and the underdeveloped population prioritize this glamor.
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The Ukrainian cultural product simply needs PR
Paul Jordan, researcher working for doctor's degree at the National University of Scotland  “Who told you that nobody’s awaiting you there? Europe is tired of itself; we bore ourselves to death, and already know the ways of different European nations. Therefore while Europe has a tedious time and grows old, it is time for the young blood to step in and prove itself.”
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The culture is not a commodity, because it is absurd. And it is beautiful.
Oleg Sydor-Gibelynda, art critic They say that every culture has two subcultures, high and low; however, we have now not two, but twenty two of them and it is very hard to reduce them to a common denominator; it may be good though, because there are many of them. It is a variety. They say that culture tends to commercialize, but many writers and artists create works “for their own use” all the same; simply their reader or connoisseur will come later.
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“There is a need to fight for Ukrainian paradise”
Gustav Vodička, writer  We now live on the territory, where there is no demand for mental development.
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