Herbert Read Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence.”

“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 only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all other activities of the human spirit could be left to take care of themselves.”

“To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.”

“It was Nietzsche who first made us conscious of the significance of the individual as a term in the evolutionary process-in that part of the evolutionary process which has still to take place.”

“Morality, as has often been pointed out, is antecedent to religion-it even exists in a rudimentary form among animals.”

“I know of no better name than Anarchism.”

“The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.”

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

“The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group.”