Bernard Berenson
Bernard Berenson
Bernard Berensonwas an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance. His book The Italian Painters of the Renaissance was an international success...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth26 June 1865
CountryUnited States of America
contempt greeting previous shouts side toss
All we really want is otherness, tossing from side to side, and greeting every toss with shouts of welcome, and of contempt for the previous toss
begging drop hat minutes stand street unused willingly
I would willingly stand at street corners, hat in hand, begging passers-by to drop their unused minutes into it.
time carpe-diem hands
I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.
repent
One can repent even of having repented.