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.

Quote by John Berger

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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....

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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 envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for...

The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for...

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,...

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...

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.

One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only...

One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only...

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

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

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...

A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork....

A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork....

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...