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Art critic

John Berger, born on November 5, 1926 and died on January 2, 2017, was a renowned British art critic and writer. His work spanned across various fields including painting, photography, and literature, known for his unique perspective and profound insights.

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“Hair is associated with sexual power. With passion. The woman's sexual passion needs to be minimized, so that the spectator may feel that he has the monopoly on such passion”

Needs Feels May Passion Hair Monopoly Spectators

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“We can become anything. That is why injustice is impossible here. There may be the accident of birth, there is no accident of death. Nothing forces us to remain what we were.”

May Force Impossible Birth Injustice Accidents

Book:Pig Earth

Source: Pig Earth

“Directors like Satyajit Ray, Rossellini, Bresson, Buñuel, Forman, Scorsese, and Spike Lee have used non-professional actors precisely in order that the people we see on the screen may be scarcely more explained than reality itself. Professionals, except fo the greatest, usually play not just the necessary role, but an explanation of the role.”

People May Play Reality Used Order Actors Acting Roles Directors Screens Explanation Rays Scorsese

Book:Selected Essays of John Berger

Source: Selected Essays of John Berger

“To live and die amongst foreigners may seem less absurd than to live persecuted or tortured by one's fellow countrymen.... But toemigrate is always to dismantle the centre of the world, and so to move into a lost, disoriented one of fragments.”

World May Seems Moving Dies Lost Fellows Absurd Centre Fragments Foreigners Persecuted Countrymen

Book:And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos

Source: And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos

“All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this - as in other ways - they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it.”

Way May Different Pain Remember Forget Records Painting Photography Opposites Photograph Painter Different Things Capturing A Moment Photography

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“To remain innocent may also be. to remain ignorant.”

May Ignorant Innocent

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About the Author

Born: November 5, 1926
Died: January 2, 2017
Known for: Art critic
Quotes: 173

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