Author: Herbert Read

Quotes

The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.

The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.

- Herbert Read

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

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

It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved.

It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved.

- Herbert Read

Art is pattern informed by sensibility.

Art is pattern informed by sensibility.

- 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

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.

- 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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