All John Berger Quotes
- If every event which occurred could be given a name, there would be no need for stories. Event
- Your lips, beloved, are like a honeycomb: honey and milk are under the tongue. And the smell of your clothes is like the smell of… Beloved
- The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. Each evening we see the sun set. We know that the earth… Each
- History always constitutes the relation between a present and its past. Consequently fear of the present leads to mystification of the past Consequently
- To be desired is perhaps the closest anybody in this life can reach to feeling immortal. Anybody
- To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognised for oneself. Beauty
- You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting Γ’β¬ΕVanity,Γ’β¬Β thus morally… Called
- All weddings are similar, but every marriage is different. All
- When I was about seven, one or two people encouraged me, and art became an enormous and important refuge. By adolescence, I was absolutely passionate… Absolutely
- I actually think of myself as quite a shy person, although I know I give the impression of someone much more confident. I think what… Actually Think
- A line, an area of tone, is not really important because it records what you have seen, but because of what it will lead you… Accuracy
- 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… Alternative
- The human quality Degas most admired was endurance. Admired
- The industrial society... recognises nothing except the power to acquire... No other kind of hope or satisfaction or pleasure can any longer be envisaged within… Acquire
- Without ethics, man has no future. This is to say, mankind without them cannot be itself. Ethics determine choices and actions and suggest difficult priorities. Actions
- In ethics, there is a humility; moralists are usually righteous. Ethics
- Propaganda requires a permanent network of communication so that it can systematically stifle reflection with emotive or utopian slogans. Its pace is usually fast. Communication
- Propaganda invariably serves the long-term interests of some elite. Elite
- Boycott is not a principle. When it becomes one, it itself risks becoming exclusive and racist. No boycott, in our sense of the term, should… Becomes
- A boycott is directed against a policy and the institutions which support that policy either actively or tacitly. Its aim is not to reject, but… Actively