Quotes by : Herbert Read

The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough.

I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority.

Art is pattern informed by sensibility.

The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides the growth....

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

The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military....

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

In History, stagnant waters, whether they be stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour....

Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of....

To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values -....