This chapter considers how ‘democratic’ understandings of creativity are aligned to what is often referred to as the ‘anthropological’ definition of culture. It begins by arguing that the use of Raymond Williams to justify an ‘anthropological flattening’ of cultural hierarchies is a misreading of his theory. It illustrates how Williams saw culture as part of a wider system of social communication which retained value as socially produced. The chapter argues that, while the collapsing of Culture into culture or the celebration of ‘democratic’ creativity, expands these concepts to validate formerly excluded social practices and cultural expressions, without the retention of value they lose their meaning. The chapter illustrates why it is important to retain this link to value as a mechanism through which we legitimise and celebrate particular forms of creative expression over others.