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When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase.
— Bernard Berenson
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Bernard Berenson
art historian, historian, writer, art critic, connoisseur, art collector, photography collector
1865 – 1959
Bernard Berenson was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance. His book The Drawings of the Florentine Painters was an international success. His wife Mary is thought to have had a large hand in some of the writings.
All Quotes by Bernard Berenson
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Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope.
— Bernard Berenson
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Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
— Bernard Berenson
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Taste begins when appetite is satisfied.
— Bernard Berenson
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A complete life may be one ending in so full identification with the non-self that there is no self to die.
— Bernard Berenson