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 Copy Share Image
You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to be true. — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is this theory of all work and no play that has made the Marxist such a very dull boy. — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
There are a few people, but a diminishing number, who still believe that Marxism, as an economic system, off era a coherent alternative to… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
The classicist, and the naturalist who has much in common with him, refuse to see in the highest works of art anything but the… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration. — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
Sensibility... is a direct and particular reaction to the separate and individual nature of things. It begins and ends with the sensuous apprehension of… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence. — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
Modern man has been in search of a new language of form to satisfy new longings and aspirations - longings for mental appeasement, aspirations… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman jurisprudence; but I do claim that it has its… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
Intellect begins with the observation of nature, proceeds to memorize and classify the facts thus observed, and by logical deduction builds up that edifice… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
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… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
