John Berger Quotes

In Degas's compositions with several dancers, their steps, postures and gestures often resemble the almost geometric, formal letters of an alphabet, whereas their bodies and heads are recalcitrant, sinuous and individual.

John Berger

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LettersIndividualStepsDancers

The idea that we cause harm by doing what we perceive to be the right thing, that's another theme that interests me. Because most people don't intend to cause harm, they cause harm by doing the right thing - in their mind.

Andrew McCarthy

PeopleMindMeDoing The Right Thing

You can't manage Wall Street. Wall Street has its own viewpoints on everything. I have always believed, if you manage your business correctly, Wall Street will take care of itself.

Ross Levinsohn

BusinessCareTake CareYouWall

I've always been a singer, but I don't know if I was always a natural performer.

Lisa Hannigan

KnowAlwaysSingerNaturalBeen

My spine healed incorrectly. There were long periods when I'd be perfectly all right, and then there were many other times when I wasn't, when my back would give out and throw me down to the floor amid waves of nauseating pain.

Dick York

PainMeWavesLongBackDown

The things that worked for us in the past wasn't going to work the same way going forward.

Denise Morrison

WorkPastForwardWaySameGoing

Research gathered over recent years has highlighted the countless benefits to people, wildlife and the environment that come from planting trees and creating new woodland habitat. It's obvious trees are good things.

Clive Anderson

GoodPeopleResearchGood ThingsNew

People's attitudes about sex aren't healthy anywhere, except maybe in those tribes where they go around naked.

Asia Argento

PeopleSexGoHealthyNakedWhere

There's a thousand other things I would rather spend money on than a car.

Scott Ian

CarMoneyThingsWouldRatherThan

Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler.

Mark Strand

PoetryRestLanguageFirstLast

My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman.

Lena Horne

WomanI AmIdentityMeBlackNow

What happens to us all, I think, when we pick up a pen, is that we just become snobs.

Glen Hansard

ThinkPenBecomeUpUsJust

Vests are flair for men. It's one of the few ways men can accent themselves in a formal yet fun fashion.

Eric Wareheim

MenFunFashionAccentFormalFew

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