Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it.
JOHN BERGER
JOHN BERGER
John Berger on doe
John Berger172 quotes“Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it.”
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The opposite of love is not to hate but to separate. If love and hate have something in common it is because, in both cases, their energy is that of bringing and holding together
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John BergerJohn Berger Post-modernism has cut off the present from all futures. The daily media add to this by cutting off the past. Which means that critical opinion is often orphaned in the present.
John BergerJohn Berger The zoo cannot but disappoint.
John BergerJohn Berger It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open.
John BergerJohn Berger To be naked is to be oneself.
John BergerJohn Berger Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time.
John BergerJohn Berger The power of the glamorous resides in their supposed happiness: the power of the bureaucrat in his supposed authority.
John BergerJohn Berger Every painted image of something is also about the absence of the real thing. All painting is about the presence of absence.
John BergerJohn Berger [O]ften art has judged the judges, pleaded revenge to the innocent and shown to the future what the past suffered, so that it has never been forgotten.
John BergerJohn Berger This determines not only most relations between men and women but also the relation of women to themselves.
John BergerJohn Berger As Nelson Mandela has pointed out, boycott is not a principle, it is a tactic depending upon circumstances.
John BergerJohn Berger What any true painting touches is an absence – an absence of which without the painting, we might be unaware. And that would be our loss.
John BergerJohn Berger Publicity is the life of this culture – in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive – and at the same time publicity is its dream.
John BergerJohn Berger Everything became exchangeable because everything became a commodity.
John BergerJohn Berger Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress.
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Love is mostly easy at night, it is morning you got to learn about.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh You can find beauty in the darkest of places. Be the light, my love. Bring smiles to their faces.
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola This fearless heart is trapped between these anxious walls of my worried mind.
CindyCindy Don’t push away your emotions too hard, remember they can push back if held for too long.
SargamSargam To choose a plain life, I choose neither to lose and nor do I gain, If happiness is not in my destiny, I refuse to accept pain.
Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Steal back your heart – self-love.
Mona-LiseMona-Lise Hope is the only thing that keeps us alive. Without hope there can be no you or I.
BelaBela An open mind opens our hearts to have compassion for others.
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Just because something happens to be legal does not make it moral, ethical or right.
Al BarryAl Barry No supernatural can exist for the mankind that does not want to believe it.
Akiane KramarikAkiane Kramarik When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah How much does the universe weigh, when it fasts for infinity?
Akiane KramarikAkiane Kramarik Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else, right there we are wrong. It becomes wrong view.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Things are simply the way they are. They don’t give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Telling what you feel, trying to talk about what’s important to you, does not make you weaker.
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