The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality. – Herbert Read
Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience – by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence. – Herbert Read
It is already clear, after twenty years of socialism in Russia, that if you do not provide your society with a new religion, it will gradually revert to the old one. – Herbert Read
It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved. – Herbert Read
If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what Im saying is common sense. Its very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values. – Ai Weiwei