Herbert Read Quotes About Personality
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In a sense, every tool is a machine--the hammer, the ax, and the chisel. And every machine is a tool. The real distinction is between one man using a tool with his hands and producing an object that shows at every stage the direction of his will and the impression of his personality; and a machine which is producing, without the intervention of a particular man, objects of a uniformity and precision that show no individual variation and have no personal charm. The problem is to decide whether the objects of machine production can possess the essential qualities of art.
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The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit; in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality.
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You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to be true.
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Art in its widest sense is the extension of the personality: a host of artificial limbs.
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A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them.
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