Author: Herbert Read

Quotes

The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides the growth of forms along the lines of the greatest structural efficiency.

The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides the growth of forms along the lines of the greatest structural efficiency.

- Herbert Read

The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit; in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality.

The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit; in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality.

- Herbert Read

Art is pattern informed by sensibility.

Art is pattern informed by sensibility.

- Herbert Read

The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough.

The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough.

- Herbert Read

I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration.

I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration.

- Herbert Read

To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.

To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.

- Herbert Read

If the individual is a unit in a corporate mass, his life is not merely brutish and short, but dull and mechanical.

If the individual is a unit in a corporate mass, his life is not merely brutish and short, but dull and mechanical.

- Herbert Read

Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society.

Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society.

- Herbert Read

That is why I believe that art is so much more significant than either economics or philosophy. It is the direct measure of man's spiritual vision.

That is why I believe that art is so much more significant than either economics or philosophy. It is the direct measure of man's spiritual vision.

- Herbert Read

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