Quotes by Herbert Read

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Anarchist and writer · English · 1893–1968

English anarchist and writer (1893–1968)

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“The process of poetry consists firstly in maintaining this vision in its integrity and secondly in expressing this vision in words.”
— Herbert Read

“Poetry is properly speaking a transcendental quality, a sudden transformation in which words assume a particular influence.”
— Herbert Read