Herbert Read

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

— Herbert Read

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

— Herbert Read

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

— Herbert Read

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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

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

— Herbert Read

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

— Herbert Read

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The modern work of art, as I have said, is a symbol. ↗

— Herbert Read

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The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides the growth of forms along the lines of the greatest structural efficiency. ↗

— Herbert Read

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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. ↗

— Herbert Read

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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

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