We can become anything. That is why injustice is impossible here. There may be the accident of birth, there is no accident of death. Nothing forces us to remain what we were.
JOHN BERGERThe contradiction in perspective was that it structured all images of reality to address a single spectator who, unlike God, could only be in one place at a time.
More John Berger Quotes
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Those who first invented and then named the constellations were storytellers.
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It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open.
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Every authentic poem contributes to the labor of poetry… to bring together what life has separated or violence has torn apart…
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A photograph is a meeting place where the interests of the photographer, the photographed, the viewer and those who are using the photograph are often contradictory.
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To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognised for oneself.
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When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls.
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Everything became exchangeable because everything became a commodity.
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Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.
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A man’s presence suggests what he is capable of doing to you or for you.
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Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time.
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I use charcoal a lot. Partly because it has such a fantastic range but also because it is very easy to erase.
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For the artist, drawing is discovery. And that is not just a slick phrase; it is quite literally true.
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Everything in life, is a question of drawing a life, John, and you have to decide for yourself where to draw it.
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Capitalism survives by forcing the majority, whom it exploits, to define their own interests as narrowly as possible.
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Photography, because it stops the flow of life, is always flirting with death.
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