The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually a living structure with appetites and digestions, instincts and passions, intelligence and reason. — 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
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
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
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
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
In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence. — Herbert Read Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
