Category - John Berger

Discover the thoughtful and inspirational Quotes of John Berger, a philosopher and author. Our collection of his most impactful quotes reflects his deep understanding of language, philosophy, and history.
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John Berger

Fahrenheit 9/11′ is astounding. Not so much as a film – although it is cunning and moving – but as an event.

– John Berger

John Berger

Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events.

– John Berger

John Berger

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 the culture of capitalism.

– John Berger

John Berger

The human quality Degas most admired was endurance.

– John Berger

John Berger

In Degas’s compositions with several dancers, their steps, postures and gestures often resemble the almost geometric, formal letters of an alphabet, whereas their bodies and heads are recalcitrant, sinuous and individual.

– John Berger

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 and dusky. It may be around an elbow, a heel, an armpit, a calf muscle, the nape of a neck.

– John Berger

John Berger

For the artist, drawing is discovery. And that is not just a slick phrase; it is quite literally true.

– John Berger

John Berger

The autobiographical doesn’t interest me. I could think of few things less interesting than rooting about in my life.

– John Berger

John Berger

Until 1954, I’d only ever thought of being a painter, but I earned my money when and where I could. You could say I drifted into writing.

– John Berger

John Berger

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.

– John Berger

John Berger

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 I do have is a capacity to listen to the other, even if the other is an opponent. That leads, in all senses of the word, to an engagement.

– John Berger

John Berger

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

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