There was time for work, for play, for love, the confidence that if a task was not done at the appointed time, I easily could fit it into another hour. I used to take leisure for granted, as I did time itself.
BERNARD BERENSONThere was time for work, for play, for love, the confidence that if a task was not done at the appointed time, I easily could fit it into another hour. I used to take leisure for granted, as I did time itself.
BERNARD BERENSONGovernment lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed.
BERNARD BERENSONA complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die.
BERNARD BERENSONInternational 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.
BERNARD BERENSONMiracles happen to those who believe in them.
BERNARD BERENSONNo artifact is a work of art if it does not help to humanize us. Without art…our world would have remained a jungle.
BERNARD BERENSONI am only a picture-taster, the way others are wine-or tea-tasters.
BERNARD BERENSONI would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.
BERNARD BERENSONTaste begins when appetite is satisfied.
BERNARD BERENSONI would willingly stand at street corners, hat in hand, begging passerby to drop their unused minutes into it.
BERNARD BERENSONNot what man knows but what man feels, concerns art. All else is science.
BERNARD BERENSONMiracles 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.
BERNARD BERENSON[Describing his house:] It is a library with living rooms attached.
BERNARD BERENSONEnemies 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?
BERNARD BERENSONIn figure painting, the type of all painting, I have endeavoured to set forth that the principal if not sole source of life enchantments are Tactile Values, Movement and Space Composition.
BERNARD BERENSONGovernment is the art of the momentary feasible, of the least bad attainable, and not of the rationally most desirable.
BERNARD BERENSON