Hope is not a form of guarantee; it's a form of energy, and very frequently that energy is strongest in circumstances that are very dark. John Berger circumstancedarkenergy Change image and share on social
In ethics, there is a humility; moralists are usually righteous. John Berger ethichumilitymoralist Change image and share on social
As Nelson Mandela has pointed out, boycott is not a principle, it is a tactic depending upon circumstances. A tactic which allows people, as distinct from their elected but often craven governments, to apply a certain pressure on those wielding power in what they, the boycotters, consider to be an unjust or immoral way. John Berger applyboycottboycotter share on social
Propaganda requires a permanent network of communication so that it can systematically stifle reflection with emotive or utopian slogans. Its pace is usually fast. John Berger communicationemotivefast Change image and share on social
Art is the provocation for talking about enigma and the search for sense in human life. One can do that by telling a story or writing about a fresco by Giotto or studying how a snail climbs up a wall. John Berger artclimbenigma Change image and share on social
The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich. John Berger centuryimposenatural Change image and share on social
It can happen that a book, unlike its authors, grows younger as the years pass. John Berger authorbookgrow Change image and share on social
Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events. John Berger artistaskevent Change image and share on social
Globalisation means many things. At one level, it talks of trade, which since the 16th century has exchanged goods and now, increasingly, ideas and information across the globe. But globalisation is also a view of the world - it is an opinion about man and why men are on the world. John Berger 16thcenturyexchange share on social
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. John Berger belongdrawimage share on social