Bernard Berenson
Bernard Berenson (born Bernhard Valvrojenski) was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance. He was a major figure in pioneering art attribution and therefore establishing the market for paintings by the "Old Masters".
“Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities.”
Bernard Berenson
“A complete life may be one ending in so full identification with the non-self that there is no self to die.”
Bernard Berenson
“Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.”
Bernard Berenson
“Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training.”
Bernard Berenson
“Consistency, commonly thought of as a good thing, requires you to be as ignorant today as you wre a year ago.”
Bernard Berenson