John Berger: Citáty anglicky
Zdroj: Keeping a Rendezvous
Zdroj: Ways of Seeing (1972)
Kontext: According to usage and conventions which are at last being questioned but have by no means been overcome, the social presence of a woman is different in kind from that of a man... A man's presence suggests what he is capable of doing to you or for you... By contrast, a woman's presence expresses her own attitude to herself, and defines what can and cannot be done to her. (p. 45-46)
“To remain innocent may also be. to remain ignorant.”
Zdroj: Ways of Seeing
“Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion.”
Zdroj: Ways of Seeing (1972), p. 148
Zdroj: About Looking (1980), Chapter "Why Look at Animals?"
“The uniqueness of every painting was once part of the uniqueness of the place where it resided.”
Chap. 1
Ways of Seeing (1972)
Zdroj: Here Is Where We Meet: A Story of Crossing Paths
Zdroj: Selected Essays of John Berger (2014), P. 18
Zdroj: About Looking (1980), Chapter "Why Look at Animals?"
Zdroj: About Looking (1980), Chapter "Why Look at Animals?"
Zdroj: About Looking (1980), Chapter "Why Look at Animals?"