Quotes by John Berger

John Berger

John Berger

English art critic, novelist, painter and poet

Lived from: 1926 - 2017

Category: Media Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 5 november 1926 Died: 2 january 2017

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  • 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. No painting or drawing, however naturalist, belongs to its subject in the way that a photograph does.
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  • When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own.
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  • When we suffer anguish we return to early childhood because that is the period in which we first learnt to suffer the experience of total loss. It was more than that. It was the period in which we suffered more total losses than in all the rest of our life put together.
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