“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.”

— Chaim Potok, book The Gift of Asher Lev

Source: The Gift of Asher Lev

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American rabbi 1929–2002

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