Herbert Read, referring to the curiosity and sense of wonder of the child, The Cult of Sincerity (1969), p. 17.
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These are the sensations and feelings that are gradually blunted by education, staled by custom, rejected in favor of social conformity.
— Herbert Read on Conformity
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About Herbert Read
Sir Herbert Edward Read (4 December 1893 – 12 June 1968) was an English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art. He was one of the earliest English writers to take notice of existentialism, and was strongly influenced by proto-existentialist thinker Max Stirner.
About Herbert Read
Sir Herbert Edward Read (4 December 1893 – 12 June 1968) was an English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art. He was one of the earliest English writers to take notice of existentialism, and was strongly influenced by proto-existentialist thinker Max Stirner.
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