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 BerensonWhen everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase.
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 would willingly stand at street corners, hat in hand, begging passerby to drop their unused minutes into it.
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