John Berger Quotes

Art is the provocation for talking about enigma and the search for sense in human life. One can do that by telling a story or writing about a fresco by Giotto or studying how a snail climbs up a wall.

John Berger

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeArtWritingStorySearchWall

Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.

John Buchan

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Women are about the best lovers of nature, after all; at least of nature in her milder and more familiar forms. The feminine character, the feminine perceptions, intuitions, delicacy, sympathy, quickness, are more responsive to natural forms and influences than is the masculine mind.

John Burroughs

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For us, we are interested in doing what's cool for us and what's cool for the audience. That's it.

Andy Biersack

CoolDoingAudienceUsInterested

Once you go up in weight, I will never go down; you just don't do it.

Andre Ward

YouDownGoWillNeverUp

I was brought into the life of one Bas Rutten in 2001 at a grappling tournament that I was attending to support a friend of mine. I had never met Bas before but, of course, knew who he was: the King of Pancrase, UFC Heavyweight champion, and the commentator with Pride.

Mauro Ranallo

LifeFriendSupportKingChampion

I've never felt like I've exactly traded on my looks. When I was a teenager, I was an ultra late bloomer, and my mom would say it was a blessing because it means you never have to wonder if guys are only interested in you because you've got boobs.

Anna Kendrick

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Hopefully it'll give us a bit of luck on the night, but I'm not really a superstitious person.

Steven Gerrard

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I like to do films that I would want to go see, basically. I'm not out to make a fast buck.

Sissy Spacek

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It's always disappointing to come across phony do-gooders. And it's easy to scoff at celebrities working in war zones.

Janine di Giovanni

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The Celtic folk-tales have been collected while the practice of story-telling is still in full vigour, though there is every sign that its term of life is already numbered.

Joseph Jacobs

LifePracticeBeenSignStillFull

The jocks that used to stuff me into a locker when I was a punk rocker are my best buddies now.

Jonathan Evison

BestMeNowPunkUsedStuff

People do dismiss ambient music, don't they? They call it 'easy listening,' as if to suggest that it should be hard to listen to.

Brian Eno

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