文化是人类在发展进化过程中逐步掌握的能改善人类生活的知识、能力、习惯的总称。而艺术则是人类通过借助特殊的物质材料与工具，运用一定的审美能力和技巧，在精神与物质材料、心灵与审美对象的相互作用下，进行的充满激情与活力的创造性劳动。可以说它是一种精神文化的创造行为，是人的意识形态和生产形态的有机结合体。《名人谈文化艺术》罗列了中国古今的名人对于文化与艺术的见解，对文化艺术的不同发展观念，但这些都无不闪现了思辨的灵光和语言的机智。(Culture is the general name of knowledge, ability and habits that the human beings master in the process of development and evolution, which can be used to improve human life. Art is the creative work full of passion and vitality that the human beings carry out with special materials and tools by applying certain aesthetic judgment and skills, under the interaction of spirit and aesthetic objects. It can be called a kind of spiritual and cultural creation behavior and the organic combination of human ideology and production form. Celebrities' Discussion on Culture and Art lists the opinions of the ancient and modern Chinese celebrities on culture and art and their different development concept on culture and art. All of these show the wisdom of in thinking and analysis and wit in language.)