When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase.
Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope.
Bernard Berenson Art critic
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: Lithuania
- Born: Jun 26, 1865
- Died: Oct 6, 1959
Bernard Berenson 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".