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

Quote by Bernard Berenson

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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...

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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

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...

The artist, depicting man disdainful of the storm and stress of life, is no less...

The artist, depicting man disdainful of the storm and stress of life, is no less...

Psychoanalysts are not occupied with the minds of their patients; they do not believe in...

Psychoanalysts are not occupied with the minds of their patients; they do not believe in...

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

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...

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

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

Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked...

Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked...

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...