93 Quotes by Herbert Read

The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing.

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

What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such mystical ethos.

It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved.

Nobody seriously believes in the social philosophies of the immediate past.

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.

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.

The principle of equity first came into evidence in Roman jurisprudence and was derived by analogy from the physical meaning of the word.

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.