--- title: "14 Form Quotes By Herbert Read" description: "14 Form quotes by Herbert Read. Plus more from Herbert Read and more Form sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed3/herbert-read-7906_coordination_spontaneity-is-not-enough-or-to-be-more_1432787.jpg" --- > [Spontaneity is not enough - or, to be more exact, spontaneity is not possible until there is an unconscious coordination of form,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/spontaneity-is-not-enough-or-to-be-more-exact-spontaneity-is-not/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed3/herbert-read-7906_coordination_spontaneity-is-not-enough-or-to-be-more_1432787.jpg) > [The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides the growth of forms along the lines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/the-most-general-law-in-nature-is-equity-the-principle-of-balance-and/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/herbert-read-7906_balance_the-most-general-law-in-nature-is-equity_2526552.jpg) > [Creeds and castes, and all forms of intellectual and emotional grouping, belong to the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/creeds-and-castes-and-all-forms-of-intellectual-and-emotional/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/herbert-read-7906_castes_creeds-and-castes-and-all-forms-of-intel_1343892.jpg) > [The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit; in more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/the-point-i-am-making-is-that-in-the-more-primitive-forms-of-society/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/herbert-read-7906_form_the-point-i-am-making-is-that-in-the-mor_2965335.jpg) > [I have not the slightest doubt that this form of individuation represents a higher stage in the evolution of mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/i-have-not-the-slightest-doubt-that-this-form-of-individuation/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d89/herbert-read-7906_doubt_i-have-not-the-slightest-doubt-that-this_2372111.jpg) > [Morality, as has often been pointed out, is antecedent to religion-it even exists in a rudimentary form among animals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/morality-as-has-often-been-pointed-out-is-antecedent-to-religion-it/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/herbert-read-7906_animal_morality-as-has-often-been-pointed-out-i_2621989.jpg) > [But all categories of art, idealistic or realistic, surrealistic or constructivist (a new form of idealism) must satisfy a simple test (or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/but-all-categories-of-art-idealistic-or-realistic-surrealistic-or/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a6/herbert-read-7906_art_but-all-categories-of-art-idealistic-or_2567751.jpg) > [Freud has shown one thing very clearly: that we only forget our infancy by burying it in the unconscious; and that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/freud-has-shown-one-thing-very-clearly-that-we-only-forget-our/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/herbert-read-7906_adult-life_freud-has-shown-one-thing-very-clearly-t_1777689.jpg) > [Art is not and never has been subordinate to moral values. Moral values are social values; aesthetic values are human values. Morality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/art-is-not-and-never-has-been-subordinate-to-moral-values-moral/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46d/herbert-read-7906_aesthetic_art-is-not-and-never-has-been-subordinat_2033192.jpg) > [Revolt, it will be said, implies violence; but this is an outmoded, an incompetent conception of revolt. The most effective form of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/revolt-it-will-be-said-implies-violence-but-this-is-an-outmoded-an/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a6/herbert-read-7906_conception_revolt-it-will-be-said-implies-violence_1610713.jpg) > [Once we become conscious of a feeling and attempt to make a corresponding form, we are engaged in an activity which, far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/once-we-become-conscious-of-a-feeling-and-attempt-to-make-a/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44f/herbert-read-7906_activity_once-we-become-conscious-of-a-feeling-an_1071971.jpg) > [The greatest intensification of the horrors of war is a direct result of the democratisation of the State. So long as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/the-greatest-intensification-of-the-horrors-of-war-is-a-direct-result/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ee/herbert-read-7906_army_the-greatest-intensification-of-the-horr_1248757.jpg) > [Fantasy is a product of thought, Imagination of sensibility. If the thinking, discursive mind turns to speculation, the result isFantasy; if, however,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/fantasy-is-a-product-of-thought-imagination-of-sensibility-if-the/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6df/herbert-read-7906_cold_fantasy-is-a-product-of-thought-imaginat_1688273.jpg) > [Modern man has been in search of a new language of form to satisfy new longings and aspirations - longings for mental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/modern-man-has-been-in-search-of-a-new-language-of-form-to-satisfy/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34c/herbert-read-7906_alienation_modern-man-has-been-in-search-of-a-new-l_604942.jpg) ## Other authors on Form ## More by Herbert Read > [Perhaps it is this theory of all work and no play that has made the Marxist such a very dull boy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/perhaps-it-is-this-theory-of-all-work-and-no-play-that-has-made-the/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) > [There are a few people, but a diminishing number, who still believe that Marxism, as an economic system, off era a coherent alternative to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/there-are-a-few-people-but-a-diminishing-number-who-still-believe/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) > [The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/the-sensitive-artist-knows-that-a-bitter-wind-is-blowing/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) > [The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/the-slave-may-be-happy-but-happiness-is-not-enough/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) > [The classicist, and the naturalist who has much in common with him, refuse to see in the highest works of art anything but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/the-classicist-and-the-naturalist-who-has-much-in-common-with-him/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) > [Man is everywhere still in chains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/man-is-everywhere-still-in-chains/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/it-does-not-seem-that-the-contradiction-which-exists-between-the/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) > [I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/i-can-imagine-no-society-which-does-not-embody-some-method-of/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) > [Sensibility... is a direct and particular reaction to the separate and individual nature of things. It begins and ends with the sensuous apprehension of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/sensibility-is-a-direct-and-particular-reaction-to-the-separate-and/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) > [In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/in-the-evolution-of-mankind-there-has-always-been-a-certain-degree-of/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) > [Modern man has been in search of a new language of form to satisfy new longings and aspirations - longings for mental appeasement, aspirations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/modern-man-has-been-in-search-of-a-new-language-of-form-to-satisfy/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) > [I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman jurisprudence; but I do claim that it has its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/i-am-not-going-to-claim-that-modern-anarchism-has-any-direct-relation/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/to-realize-that-new-world-we-must-prefer-the-values-of-freedom-and/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) > [Intellect begins with the observation of nature, proceeds to memorize and classify the facts thus observed, and by logical deduction builds up that edifice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/intellect-begins-with-the-observation-of-nature-proceeds-to-memorize/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) > [In a sense, every tool is a machine--the hammer, the ax, and the chisel. And every machine is a tool. The real distinction is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/in-a-sense-every-tool-is-a-machine-the-hammer-the-ax-and-the-chisel/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/form/herbert-read/#itemlist", "name": "14 Form Quotes By Herbert Read", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Spontaneity is not enough - or, to be more exact, spontaneity is not possible until there is an unconscious coordination of form, space and vision.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Herbert Read" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/spontaneity-is-not-enough-or-to-be-more-exact-spontaneity-is-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed3/herbert-read-7906_coordination_spontaneity-is-not-enough-or-to-be-more_1432787.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed3/herbert-read-7906_coordination_spontaneity-is-not-enough-or-to-be-more_1432787.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed3/herbert-read-7906_coordination_spontaneity-is-not-enough-or-to-be-more_1432787.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Spontaneity is not enough - or, to be more exact, spontaneity is not possible until there is an unconscious…” — Herbert Read", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Herbert Read" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/the-most-general-law-in-nature-is-equity-the-principle-of-balance-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/herbert-read-7906_balance_the-most-general-law-in-nature-is-equity_2526552.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/herbert-read-7906_balance_the-most-general-law-in-nature-is-equity_2526552.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/herbert-read-7906_balance_the-most-general-law-in-nature-is-equity_2526552.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides the growth of…” — Herbert Read", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Creeds and castes, and all forms of intellectual and emotional grouping, belong to the past.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Herbert Read" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/creeds-and-castes-and-all-forms-of-intellectual-and-emotional/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/herbert-read-7906_castes_creeds-and-castes-and-all-forms-of-intel_1343892.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/herbert-read-7906_castes_creeds-and-castes-and-all-forms-of-intel_1343892.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/herbert-read-7906_castes_creeds-and-castes-and-all-forms-of-intel_1343892.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Creeds and castes, and all forms of intellectual and emotional grouping, belong to the past.” — Herbert Read", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit; 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