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
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying. – John Berger
What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time. – John Berger
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