Author: Herbert Read

Quotes

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

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

- 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

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

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

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

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

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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