"Art begins . . . when someone interprets, when someone sees the world through his own eyes. Art happens when what is seen becomes mixed with the inside of the person who is seeing it."

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Source : Chaim Potok (2010). “The Gift of Asher Lev”, p.170, Ballantine Books

Chaim Potok

#Art Quotes #Eye Quotes #World Quotes

“He who gives you the diameter of your knowledge,presc ribes the circumference of your activities.”
“The world is... the natural setting of, and field for, all my thoughts and all my explicit perceptions.”
“I think I've been able to be in some really good projects with some really good people.”
“I want to make a name for myself.”
“Those who lived in peaceful nations had looked the other way as members of their own species starved on their door step.”
“I'd like to do a song that I wrote today about our government's increasing infringement on our right to privacy, but the lyrics mysteriously disappeared from my guitar case.”
“We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.”
“Christ has something in common with all creatures. With the stone he shares existence, with the plants he shares life, with the animals he shares sensation, and with the angels he shares intelligence. Thus all things are transformed in Christ since in the fullness of his nature he embraces some part of every creature.”

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