The average European does not seem to feel free until he succeeds in enslaving and oppressing others.
Bernard BerensonThe ultimate justification of the work of art is to help the spectator to become a work of art himself.
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