Herbert Read Quote

The work of art … is an instrument for tilling the human psyche, that it may continue to yield a harvest of vital beauty.


Collected Poems (1966), p. 20


The work of art … is an instrument for tilling the human psyche, that it may continue to yield a harvest of vital beauty.

The work of art … is an instrument for tilling the human psyche, that it may continue to yield a harvest of vital beauty.

The work of art … is an instrument for tilling the human psyche, that it may continue to yield a harvest of vital beauty.

The work of art … is an instrument for tilling the human psyche, that it may continue to yield a harvest of vital beauty.