Bernard Berenson

A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die.

Bernard Berenson

Art is mind and heart and touch as much and more than it is mere instrument, technique – without which however it cannot exist at all.

Bernard Berenson

Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one’s training.

Bernard Berenson

I never felt that there was anything enviable in youth. I cannot recall that any of us, as youths, admired our condition to excess or had a desire to prolong it.

Bernard Berenson

If only I could stand on a street corner with my hat in my hand, and get people to throw their wasted time into it!

Bernard Berenson

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.

Bernard Berenson

Literature in its most comprehensive sense is the autobiography of humanity.

Bernard Berenson

One can repent even of having repented.

Bernard Berenson

The average European does not seem to feel free until he succeeds in enslaving and oppressing others.

Bernard Berenson

The painter can accomplish his task only by giving tactile values to retinal impressions.

Bernard Berenson