Psychoanalysts are not occupied with the minds of their patients; they do not believe in the mind but in a cerebral intestine.
BERNARD BERENSONPsychoanalysts are not occupied with the minds of their patients; they do not believe in the mind but in a cerebral intestine.
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The ultimate justification of the work of art is to help the spectator to become a work of art himself.
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How can I regain even for a minute the feeling of ample leisure I had during my early, my creative years? Then I seldom felt fussed, or hurried.
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Not what man knows but what man feels, concerns art. All else is science.
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Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope.
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International affairs will be placed on a better footing when it is understood that there is no way of punishing a people for the crimes of its rulers.
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Enemies could become the best companions. Companionship is based on a common interest, and the greater the interest the closer the companionship. What makes enemies of people, if not the eagerness, the passion for the same thing?
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I am only a picture-taster, the way others are wine-or tea-tasters.
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Taste begins when appetite is satisfied.
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No artifact is a work of art if it does not help to humanize us. Without art…our world would have remained a jungle.
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We usually meet all of our relatives only at funerals where somebody always observes: “Too bad we can’t get together more often”.
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From childhood on I have had the dream of life lived as a sacrament… the dream implied taking life ritually as something holy.
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Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
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Miracles happen to those who believe in them. Otherwise why does not the Virgin Mary appear to Lamaists, Mohammedans, or Hindus who have never heard of her.
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I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.
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You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the universe into a caricature.
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