Herbert Read Quotes about Progress

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Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence.

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

Progress, Literature, Intensity

Sir Herbert Edward Read (1964). “Selected writings: poetry and criticism”

Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society.

Herbert Read

Progress, Degrees, Differentiation

Sir Herbert Edward Read (1964). “Selected writings: poetry and criticism”

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.