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Quote by John Berger
The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like

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

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The media network has its idols, but its principal idol is its own style which generates an aura of winning and leaves the rest in darkness. It recognizes neither pity nor pitilessness. – John Berger

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Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form. – John Berger

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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

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A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know. – Diane Arbus

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Photography helps people to see. – Berenice Abbott

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My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph. – Richard Avedon

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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. – Ansel Adams

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It is utterly forbidden to be half-hearted about gardening. You have got to love your garden whether you like it or not. – W.C. Sellar & R.J. Yeatman, Garden Rubbish, 1936

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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Everyone pushes a falling fence. – Chinese Proverb

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