Robert Pinsky vs. Herbert Read
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Robert Pinsky
1940 – present
Robert Pinsky is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator. He was the first United States Poet Laureate to serve three terms. Recognized worldwide, Pinsky's work has earned numerous accolades.
"The voice recognizes movements and pause, similarity and difference, recognizes and understands it in a mental and physical process."
Herbert Read
1893 – 1968
Sir Herbert Edward Read, was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Read was co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. As well as being a prominent English anarchist, he was one of the earliest English writers to take notice of existentialism.
"The words in a poem, are vocal signs that convey an intangible essence that vanishes the moment we approach it with an analytical intelligence."