"Every artist is a man who has freed himself from his family, his nation, his race. Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true cultur...

... an artist is a person first. He is an individual. If there is no person, there is no artist.
~ Chaim Potok ~












... an artist is a person first. He is an individual. If there is no person, there is no artist.

More Chaim Potok quotes
"An artist has got to get acquainted with himself just as much as he can. It is no easy job, for it is not a present-day habit of humanity.
"Millions of people can draw. Art is whether there is a scream in you wanting to get out in a special way.
"An artist is a person first.
"I do not have many things that are meaningful to me. Except my doubts and my fears. And my art.
"Art is a person's private vision expressed in aesthetic forms.
"Art is whether or not there is a scream in him wanting to get out in a special way.
"For all the pain you suffered, my mama. For all the torment of your past and future years, my mama. For all the anguish this picture of pain will caus...
"Art begins . . . when someone interprets, when someone sees the world through his own eyes. Art happens when what is seen becomes mixed with the insid...
"How can we expect to know everything about God?"He looked at me, his eyes narrowing."I call that ambiguity," I said. "Riddles, puzzles, double meaning...