--- title: "3 Display Quotes By John Berger" description: "3 Display quotes by John Berger. Plus more from John Berger and more Display sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fac/john-berger-1590_display_nakedness-reveals-itself-nudity-is-place_1879862.png" --- > [Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/nakedness-reveals-itself-nudity-is-placed-on-display-the-nude-is/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fac/john-berger-1590_display_nakedness-reveals-itself-nudity-is-place_1879862.png) > [Degas was obsessed by the art of classical ballet, because to him it said something about the human condition. He was not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/degas-was-obsessed-by-the-art-of-classical-ballet-because-to-him-it/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/john-berger-1590_about_degas-was-obsessed-by-the-art-of-classic_1907896.png) > [To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/to-be-naked-is-to-be-oneself-to-be-nude-is-to-be-seen-naked-by-others-3/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/john-berger-1590_body_to-be-naked-is-to-be-oneself-to-be-nude_2165174.jpg) ## Other authors on Display ## More by John Berger > [When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/when-we-read-a-story-we-inhabit-it-the-covers-of-the-book-are-like-a/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) > [The impulse to paint comes neither from observation nor from the soul (which is probably blind) but from an encounter: the encounter between painter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/the-impulse-to-paint-comes-neither-from-observation-nor-from-the-soul/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) > [Oil painting did to appearances what capital did to social relations. It reduced everything to the equality of objects. Everything became exchangeable because everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/oil-painting-did-to-appearances-what-capital-did-to-social-relations/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) > [Landscapes can be deceptive. Sometimes a landscape seems to be less a setting for the life of its inhabitants than a curtain behind which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/landscapes-can-be-deceptive-sometimes-a-landscape-seems-to-be-less-a/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) > [We live in a dominant culture of ceaseless Departure and Progress that has so far lasted two or three centuries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/we-live-in-a-dominant-culture-of-ceaseless-departure-and-progress/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) > [My heart born naked was swaddled in lullabies. Later alone it wore poems for clothes. Like a shirt I carried on my back the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/my-heart-born-naked-was-swaddled-in-lullabies-later-alone-it-wore/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) > [ There's the artist's intimacy and truthfulness to himself, but an equal intimacy to the Other \[the one drawn\]. Picasso drawings are like that... the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/there-s-the-artist-s-intimacy-and-truthfulness-to-himself-but-an/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) > [Traditional Chinese art looked at the Earth from a Confucian mountain top; Japanese art looked closely around screens; Italian Renaissance art surveyed conquered nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/traditional-chinese-art-looked-at-the-earth-from-a-confucian-mountain/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) > [Never again shall a single story be told as though it were the only one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/never-again-shall-a-single-story-be-told-as-though-it-were-the-only/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) > [In drawing after drawing, pastel after pastel, painting after painting, the contours of Degas's dancing figures become, at a certain point, darkly insistent, tangled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/in-drawing-after-drawing-pastel-after-pastel-painting-after-painting/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) > [We never look at just one thing; we are always looking at the relation between things and ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/we-never-look-at-just-one-thing-we-are-always-looking-at-the-relation/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) > [We can become anything. That is why injustice is impossible here. There may be the accident of birth, there is no accident of death.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/we-can-become-anything-that-is-why-injustice-is-impossible-here-there/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) > [Capitalism survives by forcing the majority, whom it exploits, to define their own interests as narrowly as possible. This was once achieved by extensive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/capitalism-survives-by-forcing-the-majority-whom-it-exploits-to/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) > [The camera relieves us of the burden of memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/the-camera-relieves-us-of-the-burden-of-memory/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) > [“Today we see the art of the past as nobody saw it before. We actually perceive it in a different way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/today-we-see-the-art-of-the-past-as-nobody-saw-it-before-we-actually/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/display/john-berger/#itemlist", "name": "3 Display Quotes By John Berger", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Berger" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/nakedness-reveals-itself-nudity-is-placed-on-display-the-nude-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fac/john-berger-1590_display_nakedness-reveals-itself-nudity-is-place_1879862.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fac/john-berger-1590_display_nakedness-reveals-itself-nudity-is-place_1879862.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fac/john-berger-1590_display_nakedness-reveals-itself-nudity-is-place_1879862.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is…” — John Berger", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Degas was obsessed by the art of classical ballet, because to him it said something about the human condition. He was not a balletomane looking for an alternative world to escape into. Dance offered him a display in which he could find, after much searching, certain human secrets.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Berger" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/degas-was-obsessed-by-the-art-of-classical-ballet-because-to-him-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/john-berger-1590_about_degas-was-obsessed-by-the-art-of-classic_1907896.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/john-berger-1590_about_degas-was-obsessed-by-the-art-of-classic_1907896.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/john-berger-1590_about_degas-was-obsessed-by-the-art-of-classic_1907896.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Degas was obsessed by the art of classical ballet, because to him it said something about the human…” — John Berger", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. (The sight of it as an object stimulates the use of it as an object.) Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. To be naked is to be without disguises.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Berger" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/to-be-naked-is-to-be-oneself-to-be-nude-is-to-be-seen-naked-by-others-3/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/john-berger-1590_body_to-be-naked-is-to-be-oneself-to-be-nude_2165174.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/john-berger-1590_body_to-be-naked-is-to-be-oneself-to-be-nude_2165174.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/john-berger-1590_body_to-be-naked-is-to-be-oneself-to-be-nude_2165174.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for oneself. A…” — John Berger", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/display/john-berger/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/display/john-berger/", "name": "Display Quotes by John Berger", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/display/john-berger/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fac/john-berger-1590_display_nakedness-reveals-itself-nudity-is-place_1879862.png" }, "description": "3 Display quotes by John Berger. Plus more from John Berger and more Display sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/display/john-berger/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/display/john-berger/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Display", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/display/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "John Berger", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/display/john-berger/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```