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The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
Herbert Read
Born: December 4, 1893
Died: June 12, 1968 (aged 74)
Bio: Sir Herbert Edward Read was an English anarchist, poet and literary critic, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Read was co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts.
Known for:
- The Green Child (1935)
- The meaning of art (1931)
- A Concise History of Modern Painting (1959)
- Art and Society (1937)
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