A drawing is essentially a private work, related only to the artist’s own needs; a ‘finished’ statue or canvas is essentially a public, presented work – related far more directly to the demands of communication.
JOHN BERGERThe essence of songs is neither vocal nor cerebral but organic.
More John Berger Quotes
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The existence of pleasure is the first mystery. The existence of pain has prompted far more philosophical speculation.
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To be desired is perhaps the closest anybody in this life can reach to feeling immortal.
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The animal has secrets which, unlike the secrets of caves, mountains, seas are specifically addressed to man.
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Painting is something that you need to do, if not every day, then certainly most days. It is almost like being a pianist: if you stop, you lose something.
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For those who are behind the curtain, landmarks are no longer only geographic but also biographical and personal
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The zoo cannot but disappoint.
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Whenever he looked he saw the labour of existence; and this labour, recognised as such, was what constituted reality for him. (On Vincent Van Gogh)
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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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To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for oneself. A naked body has to be seen as an object in order to become a nude.
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The happiness of being envied is glamour. Being envied is a solitary form of reassurance. It depends precisely upon not sharing your experience with those who envy you.
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One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man.
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The strange power of art is sometimes it can show that what people have in common is more urgent than what differentiates them. It seems to me it’s something that theatre can do, but it’s rare; it’s very rare.
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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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Whenever the intensity of looking reaches a certain degree, one becomes aware of an equally intense energy coming towards one through the appearance of whatever it is one is scrutinizing.
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My heart born naked was swaddled in lullabies.
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