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 Read Quote
Creeds and castes, and all forms of intellectual and emotional grouping, belong to the past. Herbert Read Read Quote
I have not the slightest doubt that this form of individuation represents a higher stage in the evolution of mankind. Herbert Read Read Quote
The principle of equity first came into evidence in Roman jurisprudence and was derived by analogy from the physical meaning of the word. Herbert Read Read Quote
Freud has shown one thing very clearly: that we only forget our infancy by burying it in the unconscious; and that the problems of this difficult period find their solution under a disguised form in adult life. Herbert Read Read Quote
The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals – its philosophers, its poets and its artists. Herbert Read Read Quote
These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a single body; or whether they are united merely to defend their common interests and otherwise function as separate individuals. Herbert Read Read Quote
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 Read Quote
