Alfred L. Kroeber

Anthropology American 1876 – 1960 102 quotes

A prominent student of Franz Boas, he made significant contributions to cultural anthropology, particularly in the study of Native American cultures.

Quotes by Alfred L. Kroeber

Culture is the ultimate expression of human freedom.

Anthropology 1948

The anthropologist must be a mirror to humanity.

Anthropology 1948

Culture is the foundation of human identity.

Anthropology 1948

The study of culture is the study of human interconnectedness.

Anthropology 1948

Culture is the engine of human progress.

Anthropology 1948

The anthropologist must be a champion of cultural diversity.

Anthropology 1948

Culture is the art of being human.

Anthropology 1948

The study of culture is the study of human destiny.

Anthropology 1948

Culture is the ultimate human invention.

Anthropology 1948

The anthropologist must be a perpetual student.

Anthropology 1948

Culture is not a material thing, but a mental one.

The Superorganic 1917

The individual is but a product of his culture.

Anthropology 1923

Anthropology seeks to understand the diversity of human ways of life.

Speech at American Anthropological Association 1948

The study of primitive peoples reveals the roots of our own civilization.

University of California Publications 1901

Language is the key to the mind of a culture.

Letter to Franz Boas 1910

History without anthropology is but a chronicle of kings.

Interview with The New York Times 1930

The superorganic nature of culture transcends biology.

The Superorganic 1917

In the face of extinction, we must preserve the voices of the vanishing.

Handbook of the Indians of California 1925

Culture evolves, but it is not Darwinian.

The Superorganic 1917

The anthropologist's task is to decode the symbols of society.

Lecture at Harvard 1940