The artist, depicting man disdainful of the storm and stress of life, is no less reconciling and healing than the poet who, while endowing Nature and Humanity, rejoices in its measureless superiority to human passions and human sorrows

Quote by Bernard Berenson

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From childhood on I have had the dream of life lived as a sacrament... the...

From childhood on I have had the dream of life lived as a sacrament... the...

The average European does not seem to feel free until he succeeds in enslaving and...

The average European does not seem to feel free until he succeeds in enslaving and...

Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.

Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.

When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on...

When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on...

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

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

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

Governments last only as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed

Governments last only as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed

All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and...

All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and...

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the...

You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the...

All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and...

All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and...

Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry...

Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry...

Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training.

Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training.

I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people...

I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people...

Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry...

Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry...

A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself...

A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself...

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

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

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

People used to say, Ignorance is no excuse. Today, ignorance is no problem. After all,...

People used to say, Ignorance is no excuse. Today, ignorance is no problem. After all,...

From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise

From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise

Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself,...

Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself,...

The greater part of progress is the desire for progress

The greater part of progress is the desire for progress