Quote by John Berger
Post-modernism has cut off the present from all futures. The daily

Post-modernism has cut off the present from all futures. The daily media add to this by cutting off the past. Which means that critical opinion is often orphaned in the present. – John Berger

Other quotes by John Berger

What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time. – John Berger

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Art
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The strange power of art is sometimes it can show that what people have in common is more urgent than what differentiates them. It seems to me its something that theatre can do, but its rare; its very rare. – John Berger

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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

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Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes on somebody else. – Leo Aikman

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Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. – Proverb

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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friends forehead. – Chinese Proverb

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Criticism

I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of logic, and who will seek beneath the footsteps of my commas the lice of my thought in the head of my style. – Louis Aragon

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Were not in Wonderland anymore Alice. – Charles Manson

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Many things can make you miserable for weeks; few can bring you a whole day of happiness. – Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

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Every business and every product has risks. You cant get around it. – Lee Iacocca

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Yes, my grandfather worked with Thomas Edison on the electric car, and he sold electric cars at the 1900 Worlds Fair in Paris. – Al Jardine

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