Author Profile
John Berger
1926 – 2017 • English • Artist
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Showing 60 quotesA boycott is directed against a policy and the institutions which support that policy either actively or tacitly. Its aim is not to reject, but to bring about change.— John Berger
Boycott is not a principle. When it becomes one, it itself risks becoming exclusive and racist. No boycott, in our sense of the term, should be directed against an individual, a people, or a nation as such.— John Berger
'Fahrenheit 9/11' is astounding. Not so much as a film - although it is cunning and moving - but as an event.— John Berger
Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events.— John Berger