The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget. John Berger burdencameracynical Change image and share on social
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 daylosepaint Change image and share on social
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 capacityconfidentengagement share on social
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 to bring about change. John Berger activelyaimboycott Change image and share on social
Fanaticism comes from any form of chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma. John Berger accompanyblindnesschoose Change image and share on social
Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive - and at the same time publicity is its dream. John Berger capitalismculturedream Change image and share on social
The autobiographical doesn't interest me. I could think of few things less interesting than rooting about in my life. John Berger autobiographicalinterestlife Change image and share on social
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. John Berger actionchoicedetermine Change image and share on social
That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone, that we are more deeply inserted into existence than the course of a single life would lead us to believe. John Berger beautifulcrystaldeeply Change image and share on social
Nothing in the nature around us is evil. This needs to be repeated since one of the human ways of talking oneself into inhuman acts is to cite the supposed cruelty of nature. John Berger actcitecruelty Change image and share on social