"A complete life may be one ending in so full identification with the non-self that there is no self to die." ― Bernard Berenson From Bernard Berenson Historian Added on 1/31/2026 About Bernard Berenson Bernard Berenson was an American art historian and critic, renowned for his scholarship on Italian Renaissance painting. His attributions and connoisseurship shaped collecting and museum practice in the twentieth century. Born: 1865-06-26 Died: 1959-10-06 View all quotes from Bernard Berenson