Quote by John Berger
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying. -

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying. – John Berger

Other quotes by John Berger

The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for themselves and for others) of their power. – John Berger

Category:
Envy / Jealousy
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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

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

Category:
Nudity
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Other Quotes from
Past, the
category

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again, – Charlotte Barnard

Category:
Past, the

As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebodys good old days. – Gerald Barzan

Category:
Past, the

If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present. – Les Brown

Category:
Past, the

Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity. – John Adams

Category:
Past, the

Random Quotes

Life should be great rather than long. – B. R. Ambedkar

Category:
great

While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment. – Proverb

Category:
Happiness

Sure, I could give advice I could, say, travel the world, listen to music. But all I can really say is do something you want to do and do it well. And if you want to be a choreographer, then you have to make dances. – Mark Morris

Category:
Travel

Weve learned how to destroy, but not to create; how to waste, but not to build; how to kill men, but not how to save them; how to die, but seldom how to live. – Omar Bradley

Category:
Peace