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.
Herbert ReadWe 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 ReadIt was play rather than work which enabled man to evolve his higher faculties - everything we mean by the word 'culture'.
Herbert ReadWhat I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such mystical ethos.
Herbert Read