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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

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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

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Capitalism
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John Berger
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Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form. – John Berger

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alone
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John Berger
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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

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Criticism
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Other Quotes from
Art
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The alchemy of good curating amounts to this: Sometimes, placing one work of art near another makes one plus one equal three. Two artworks arranged alchemically leave each intact, transform both, and create a third thing. – Jerry Saltz

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Art

I have a soft spot for art that, in terms of subject matter and material, is in bad taste. – Jerry Saltz

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Art

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you dont live it, it wont come out of your horn. They teach you theres a boundary line to music. But, man, theres no boundary line to art. – Charlie Parker

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Art

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style. He just goes on trying other things. – Pablo Picasso

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Art

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In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress. – Heinrich Heine

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News

I love Adele, I want her to be my best friend. She could come to the U.S., live with me and sing to me every morning. – Amber Riley

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Morning

For this I bless you most: You give much and know not that you give at all. – Kahlil Gibran

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Generosity

The business is a very tricky obstacle course, and you should be very clear about work begetting work. If youre not working, youre not interesting. – Elisabeth Rohm

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Business