A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them. Herbert Read More Quotes by Herbert Read More Quotes From Herbert Read 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 individual independent personality The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair. Herbert Read despair political attitude Perhaps it is this theory of all work and no play that has made the Marxist such a very dull boy. Herbert Read play boys dull Nobody seriously believes in the social philosophies of the immediate past. Herbert Read philosophy believe past The modern artist, by nature and destiny, is always an individualist. Herbert Read modern destiny artist You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to be true. Herbert Read independent men thinking In History, stagnant waters, whether they be the stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour no life; life is dependent on the ripples created by a few eccentric individuals. In homage to that life & vitality, the community has to brave certain perils and must countenance a measure of heresy. One must live dangerously if one wants to live at all. Herbert Read ubuntu water peace We may be sure that out of the ruins of our capitalist civilization a new religion will emerge, just as Christianity emerged from the ruins of the Roman civilization. Herbert Read literature may civilization 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. Herbert Read aquariums discipline war Spontaneity is not enough - or, to be more exact, spontaneity is not possible until there is an unconscious coordination of form, space and vision. Herbert Read vision spontaneity space The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group. Herbert Read progress groups literature The fundamental purpose of the artist is the same as that of a scientist: to state a fact. Herbert Read purpose artist fundamentals Sensibility... is a direct and particular reaction to the separate and individual nature of things. It begins and ends with the sensuous apprehension of colour, texture and formal relations; and if we strive to organize these elements, it is not with the idea of increasing the knowledge of the mind, but rather in order to intensify the pleasure of the senses. Herbert Read mind order ideas Morality, as has often been pointed out, is antecedent to religion-it even exists in a rudimentary form among animals. Herbert Read morality literature animal 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 artist military civilization It is already clear, after twenty years of socialism in Russia, that if you do not provide your society with a new religion, it will gradually revert to the old one. Herbert Read eugenics russia years These are the sensations and feelings that are gradually blunted by education, staled by custom, rejected in favor of social conformity. Herbert Read conformity favors feelings Man is everywhere still in chains. Herbert Read chains stills men 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 jurisprudence analogies principles 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 groups army literature
