Inuit Quotes

• An Inuit hunter asked the local missionary priest: If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell? No, said the priest, not if you did not know. Then why, asked the Inuit earnestly, did you tell me?

  Annie Dillard

  Life, Religion, Atheism

  Pilgrim at Tinker Creek ch. 7 (1974)

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• I am told that there is a proverbial phrase among the Inuit: 'a long time ago, in the future.' Let the children see our history, and maybe it will help to shape the future.

  Romeo LeBlanc

  Children, Long, Phrases

  Address to the Empire Club and the Royal Commonwealth Society, June 26, 1996.

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• According to Inuit culture in Greenland, a person possesses six or seven souls. The souls take the form of tiny people scattered throughout the body.

  Annie Dillard

  People, Soul, Culture

  Annie Dillard (2010). “For the Time Being”, p.10, Vintage

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• The Inuit say that the stars are holes in heaven. And every time we see the people we loved shining through, we know they're happy.

  Jodi Picoult

  Stars, People, Shining

  Jodi Picoult (2001). “Salem Falls”, p.73, Simon and Schuster

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• Stories have a unique power, David. The Inuit believe they can capture souls.

  Chris d'Lacey

  Believe, Unique, Soul

  Chris d'Lacey (2011). “Icefire”, p.15, Scholastic Inc.

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• The farther north you go, the fewer fruits and vegetables there are. What kind of apple trees do you suggest the Inuit get their apples from? And how much oil is expended transporting such things out there? It's an equation.

  Margaret Atwood

  Oil, Apples, Vegetables

  "Margaret Atwood Remixes Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” as a Prison Drama". Interview with Maddie Oatman, www.motherjones.com. September, 2016.

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• I've been very influenced by Inuit art especially some drawings and watercolors I've seen.

  Marcel Dzama

  Art, Drawing, Watercolors

  Source: therumpus.net

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• In northwest Alaska, kunlangeta "might be applied to a man who, for example, repeatedly lies and cheats and steals things and does not go hunting, and, when the other men are out of the village, takes sexual advantage of many women." The Inuits tacitly assume that kunlangeta is irremediable. And so, according to Murphy, the traditional Inuit approach to such a man was to insist he go hunting, and then, in the absence of witnesses, push him off the edge of the ice.

  Martha Stout

  Lying, Men, Hunting

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• A good salesman, as the old (and politically incorrect) saying goes, can sell a refrigerator to an Eskimo. It's a cliché, but there's some truth to it: Inuit who live above the Arctic Circle use insulated refrigerators to keep their food from freezing in subzero temperatures

  Josh Kaufman

  Circles, Use, Temperature

  Josh Kaufman (2010). “The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business”, p.117, Penguin

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• It must've been Albert's military background, because man, when he dropped a bomb the entire country shook. I was still jittery as a hurricane survivor in New Orleans, and I was sure that somewhere in Alaska some poor Inuit had just taken a tumble from his sled for the very same reason.

  Jennifer Rardin

  Country, Military, Taken

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• The Winnipeg Art Gallery has a good collection of Inuit art, and most of what I've seen I've seen there or in the few books I have. I should spend more time researching.

  Neil Farber

  Art, Book, Gallery

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• Winnipeg has the largest collection of Inuit art in the world, I believe. They can be quite simple in a great way and often have sparse backgrounds and isolated characters. They often have a really great look to them.

  Marcel Dzama

  Art, Believe, Character

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I love Inuit art, and most anything you would find in a folk art museum, as well as children's art or children's book illustrators or illustrators in general - all the kinds of work that my paintings would draw comparisons to.

  Neil Farber

  Art, Children, Book

  Source: www.believermag.com

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