Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time. John Berger Read Quote
Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom one’s self to be bored. John Berger Read Quote
A drawing is essentially a private work, related only to the artist’s own needs; a ‘finished’ statue or canvas is essentially a public, presented work – related far more directly to the demands of communication. John Berger Read Quote
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. John Berger Read Quote
Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events. John Berger Read Quote
One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man. John Berger Read Quote
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 Berger Read Quote
You can plan events, but if they go according to your plan they are not events. John Berger Read Quote
