"I thought marriage was something very quiet and very regular and very bourgeois."

-- Carla Bruni

“Quality is free, however - the Management Systems that proliferate it are not.”
“Those who have come into Formula One without experiencing cars devoid of electronic aids will find it tough. To control 800 horse power relying just on arm muscles and foot sensitivity can turn out to be a dangerous exercise.”
“You can't be perfect. You can't be the perfect father. You can't be the perfect singer.”
“Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.”
“I wonder whether art has a higher function than to make me feel, appreciate, and enjoy natural objects for their art value?”

Source : Bernard Berenson (2013). “Sketch For A Self Portrait”, p.105, Read Books Ltd
“The most brilliant qualities become useless when they are not sustained by force of character.”
“Whate'er the talents, or howe'er designed, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind.”
“Im a storyteller; that is what I do. And Im particularly interested in history; and in history of a certain era. But what is interesting for me is how many, how many things you see repeated.”

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