Quote by John Berger
The media network has its idols, but its principal idol is its own

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

Other quotes by John Berger

Nakedness reveals itself.
Nudity is placed on display.
The nude is condemned to never
being naked.
Nudity is a form of dress. – John Berger

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Nudity
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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

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Photography
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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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Photography
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Other Quotes from
Media
category

Journalism is organized gossip. – Edward Egglestone

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Media

Journalism largely consists in saying “Lord Jones is dead” to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive. – G.K. Chesterton

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Media

In the real world, the right thing never happens in the right place and the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to make it appear that it has. – Mark Twain

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Media

The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context. – Carl Bernstein

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Media

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When youre 14, anything with a sword and a dragon is pretty cool. But when youre 21 and youve read 2,000 fantasy novels, you start to realize that some of those books, well, they werent really good. OK, lets be honest. A lot of them were crap. – Patrick Rothfuss

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cool

Im just part of a tradition of people who arent pleased. I would never think anyone else who has the same attitude was getting it from me. Id just think theyre… sensible. – Jack Dee

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One thing that being a scientist has taught me is that you can never be certain about anything. You never know the truth. You can only approach it and hope to get a bit nearer to it each time. You iterate towards the truth. You dont know it. – James Lovelock

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Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics. – Dario Fo

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Politics