Sir Herbert Read

Famous quotes containing the words sir herbert, herbert and/or read:

    “The peculiarity of sculpture is that it creates a three-dimensional object in space. Painting may strive to give on a two-dimensional plane, the illusion of space, but it is space itself as a perceived quantity that becomes the peculiar concern of the sculptor. We may say that for the painter space is a luxury; for the sculptor it is a necessity.”
    —Sir Herbert Read (1893–1968)

    “Man is no starre, but a quick coal
    Of mortall fire:
    Who blows it not, nor doth controll
    A faint desire,
    Lets his own ashes choke his soul.”
    —George Herbert (1593–1633)

    “To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text.”
    —Henry James (1843–1916)