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Bernard Berenson
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“Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.”
Bernard Berenson (1865–1959) first seen 1892 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Notebook (1892)
“Florentine painting between Giotto and Michelangelo contains the names of such artists as Orcagna, Masaccio, Fra Filippo, Pollaiuolo, Verrocchio, Leonardo, and Botticelli. ... Forget that they were painters, they remain great sculptors; forget that they were sculptors, and still they remain architects, poets, and even men of science.”
Bernard Berenson (1865–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Can any mortal portray himself with words, as perhaps he can with chalk or paint? ... A gifted verbal artist may convey some coherent idea of a person he attempts to portray, but not likely an objective one.”
Bernard Berenson (1865–1959) first seen 1949 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (reprint of 1949 1st edition)
“Taste begins when appetite is satisfied.”
Bernard Berenson (1865–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Stephen Bayley in The Observer (28 July 2007)