Herbert Read - Man Quotes

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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.

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Sentir mon Cœur is a privilege only granted to the exceptional man — the one who has the ability to find words that exactly (or, to himself, convincingly) express his feelings. … The value of words help to define the feeling itself. … The common failure is to allow habitual words and phrases, flowing spontaneously from the memory, to determine and deform the feelings.

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It was play rather than work which enabled man to evolve his higher faculties - everything we mean by the word 'culture'.

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A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them.

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