John Berger Quotes

In drawing after drawing, pastel after pastel, painting after painting, the contours of Degas's dancing figures become, at a certain point, darkly insistent, tangled and dusky. It may be around an elbow, a heel, an armpit, a calf muscle, the nape of a neck.

John Berger

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: November 5, 1926 - January 2, 2017

Topics

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Nature uses as little as possible of anything.

Johannes Kepler

NaturePossibleLittleAnythingUses

I have always loved the Day of the Dead - a chance to celebrate death rather than to treat it like that awful scene in the cemetery.

Andy Dunn

DayDeathCelebrateTreatChance

I take a very unselfish approach to my job and what I do because people spend their hard-earned money to enjoy what we do. And our goal is to deliver the best show possible. If I can contribute to that, great.

John Cena

GreatBestMoneyJobPeopleEnjoy

Everybody think they're famous when they get 100,000 followers on Instagram and 5,000 on Twitter.

Meek Mill

ThinkFamousFollowersInstagramGet

We may have to have a geo-political regrouping or major geo-political changes.

John Keegan

ChangesMayMajor

Old Arabic books, printed in Bulaq, generally have a broad margin wherein a separate work, independent of the text, adds gloom to the page.

Ameen Rihani

WorkPageIndependentOldText

I think there's a tendency with actor/directors to imagine themselves playing every part and trying to get people to follow their rhythm, their tempo, their pace. I've learned now to just love being at the center of this creative swirl.

Ron Howard

LoveCreativePeopleThinkTrying

People are dying who haven't had that opportunity to say yes to the Lord.

Michael Scott

OpportunityPeopleSayDyingYes

There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.

Joseph Barber Lightfoot

LifeHeartTransparencyMoreSingle

Acting is the most fun. I like to do it and it's great that I can still do that, but you know, you don't really have a lot of control over things, so it's real hit or miss.

Jon Favreau

GreatFunControlYouActingI Can

The point is that when I see a sunset or a waterfall or something, for a split second it's so great, because for a little bit I'm out of my brain, and it's got nothing to do with me. I'm not trying to figure it out, you know what I mean? And I wonder if I can somehow find a way to maintain that mind stillness.

Chris Evans

SunsetGreatMindMeBrainYou

The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.

Clarence Darrow

LegalLawyersTryRealOnlyTrial

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