Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive.

This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world.

Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are today.

I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own.

We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist.

Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our own terms.