Art, in the widest sense of the word, is the instrument Hellenism has used and would use for that purpose. All the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visual arts, the theatre, must work singly and together to create the most comprehensive art of all, a humanized society, and its masterpiece, the free man.
Bernard BerensonFrom childhood on I have had the dream of life lived as a sacrament... the dream implied taking life ritually as something holy.
Bernard BerensonThe average European does not seem to feel free until he succeeds in enslaving and oppressing others.
Bernard BerensonI wonder whether art has a higher function than to make me feel, appreciate, and enjoy natural objects for their art value?
Bernard BerensonWho will free me from hurry, flurry, the feeling of a crowd pushing behind me, of being hustled and crushed? 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. 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 Berenson