One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man.

Quote by John Berger

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The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and...

The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and...

The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist...

The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist...

Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an...

Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an...

Post-modernism has cut off the present from all futures. The daily media add to this...

Post-modernism has cut off the present from all futures. The daily media add to this...

You can plan events, but if they go according to your plan they are not...

You can plan events, but if they go according to your plan they are not...

Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the...

Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the...

Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being...

Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being...

Nothing in the nature around us is evil. This needs to be repeated since one...

Nothing in the nature around us is evil. This needs to be repeated since one...

When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like...

When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like...

Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom one's self to be bored.

Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom one's self to be bored.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone,...

That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone,...

Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.

Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.

Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion.

Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion.

Every city has a sex and an age which have nothing to do with demography....

Every city has a sex and an age which have nothing to do with demography....

Modern thought has transferred the spectral character of Death to the notion of time itself....

Modern thought has transferred the spectral character of Death to the notion of time itself....

Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism...

Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism...

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer...

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer...

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that...

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that...

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a...

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a...