John Berger

A large part of seeing depends on habit. Perspective makes the eye the center of the visible world. Originally paintings were part of a buildings design, now they can be reproduced very easily. Everything around an image is part of its meaning. Prime example is the icon in which people venerate upon it. The faces of paintings become messages and the reproductions distort the image. The camera has multiplied its meaning but lost its original meaning. Paintings are essentially silent and still so they are easily manipulated by movement and sound.