Herbert Read (1893–1968) English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art
English Prose Style (1928)
Literary Quotes
“Poetry is when words are robbed of their attributed truth.”
Source: Nervous Stillness on the Horizon (2006), P. 261 (2003)
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