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The Bernard Berenson Treasury: A Selection from the Works, Unpublished Writings, Letters, Diaries, and Journals of the Most Celebrated Humanist and Art Historian of Our Times, 1887-1958

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The Bernard Berenson Treasury: A Selection from the Works, Unpublished Writings, Letters, Diaries, and Journals of the Most Celebrated Humanist and Art Historian of Our Times, 1887-1958 Quotes

“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.”

“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.”

“Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.”

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

“Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities.”

“You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the universe into a caricature.”