David Strauss, the Confessor and Writer: "Culture is, above all, unity of artistic style in all the expressions of the life of a people. Much knowledge and learning is neither an essential means to culture nor a sign of it, and if needs be can  get along very well with the opposite of culture, barbarism, which is lack of style or a chaotic jumble of all styles." N, Untimely Meditations: 4-5