We know that the earth is turning away from it. Yet the knowledge, the explanation, never quite fits the sight.
JOHN BERGERThe publicity image steals her love of herself as she is, and offers it back to her for the price of the product.
More John Berger Quotes
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The zoo cannot but disappoint.
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Matisse did neither. He clashed his colours together like cymbals and the effect was like a lullaby.
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That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone, that we are more deeply inserted into existence than the course of a single life would lead us to believe.
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Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it.
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The essence of songs is neither vocal nor cerebral but organic.
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A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork.
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The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
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I wanted to write about looking at the world, so it’s more about helping people, or persuading people, to see what is around us; both the marvellous and the terrible.
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If the public photograph contributes to a memory, it is to the memory of an unknowable and total stranger.
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The heart of Paris is like nothing so much as the unending interior of a house.
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By contrast, a woman’s presence… defines what can and cannot be done to her.
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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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Pleasure and pain need to be considered together; they are inseparable. Yet the space filled by each is perhaps different. Pleasure, defined as a sense of gratification, is essential for nature
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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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Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time.
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