Quote by Claude Lévi-Strauss
"Cultures are not hierarchies; they are variations on themes."
More from Claude Lévi-Strauss
"The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he possesses the faculty for understanding the questions."
"I am the last to believe in the importance of dreaming; but I am also convinced that, in regard to reality, we may be sleeping."
"The anthropologist respects history, but he does not accord it a special philosopher's place above the other sciences."
"Writing is a strange invention. The peoples of the world can be divided into those who use writing and those who do not."