John Berger

"Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form."

"Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion."

"The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. Each evening we see the sun set. We know that the earth is turning away from it. Yet the knowledge, the explanation, never quite fit…"

"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 sugg…"

"In the first stages of the industrial revolution, animals were used as machines. As also were children. Later, in the so-called post-industrial societies, they are treated as raw material. Animals req…"

"Animals are born, are sentient and are mortal. In these things they resemble man. In their superficial anatomy — less in their deep anatomy — in their habits, in their time, in their physical capaciti…"

"A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban stranger to understand, is that the two statements in that sentence are conn…"

"Publicity is usually explained and justified as a competitive medium which ultimately benefits the public and the most efficient manufacturers - and thus the national economy. It is closely related to…"