Quote by John Berger
What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw

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

Other quotes by John Berger

When we suffer anguish we return to early childhood because that is the period in which we first learnt to suffer the experience of total loss. It was more than that. It was the period in which we suffered more total losses than in all the rest of our life put together. – John Berger

Category:
Grief, Grieving
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Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time. – John Berger

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Experience
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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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Nudity
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Art
category

In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character there was nothing particularly new about this – death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper. – Terry Pratchett

Category:
Art

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts. – Henry Miller

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Art

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall its a painting, and if you can walk around it its a sculpture. – Tom Stoppard

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Art

To us, who live in the nineteenth century, any century is a suitable subject for art except our own. The only beautiful things are things that do not concern us. – Oscar Wilde, “The Decay of Lying: A Dialogue,” in The Nineteenth Century: A Mont

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Art

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My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo. – Billy Connolly

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pet

Before Gangnam Style I was not a good attitude artist. – PSY

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Attitude

My father used to say superior people never make long visits. – Marianne Moore

Category:
Superiority

No, I like to wear as least amount of makeup as I can during my everyday life because Im just all about keeping my skin healthy and hydrated and I love to laugh and have a great time and smile – thats when I feel the most pretty so I just want to make sure that I stay happy. – Lily Collins

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smile