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The modern poet has no essential alliance with regular schemes of any sorts.He reserves the right to adapt his rhythm to his mood, to modulate his metre as he progresses. Far from seeking freedom and irresponsibility

The modern poet has no essential alliance with regular schemes of any sorts.He reserves the right to adapt his rhythm to his mood, to modulate his metre as he progresses. Far from seeking freedom and irresponsibility (implied by the unfortunate term free verse) he seeks a stricter discipline of exact concord of thought and feeling.

Herbert Read
Discipline, Feelings, Progress
"Collected Essays in Literary Criticism". Book by Herbert Read, 1938.

These are the sensations and feelings that are gradually blunted by education, staled by custom, rejected in favor of social conformity.

Herbert Read
Feelings, Favors, Conformity
"Collected Poems". Book by Herbert Read, 1926.

Once we become conscious of a feeling and attempt to make a corresponding form, we are engaged in an activity which, far from being sincere, is prepared (as any artist if he is sincere will tell you) to moderate feelings to fit the form. The artist's feeling for form is stronger than a formless feeling.

Herbert Read
Artist, Feelings, Stronger
"Collected Poems". Book by Herbert Read, 1926.

The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised.

Herbert Read
Philosophical, Feelings, Historical
Sir Herbert Edward Read (1971). “Anarchy and Order: Essays in Politics”

Intellect begins with the observation of nature, proceeds to memorize and classify the facts thus observed, and by logical deduction builds up that edifice of knowledge properly called science… But admittedly we also know by feeling, and we can combine the two faculties, and present knowledge in the guise of art.

Herbert Read
Art, Two, Feelings
Herbert Read (1963). “Selected Writings: Poetry and Criticism”

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.

Herbert Read
Memories, Men, Feelings
"The Cult of Sincerity". Book by Herbert Read, 1968.

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