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Chaim Potok Quotes

A life is measured by how it is lived for the sake of heaven Picture Quote #1

As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge Picture Quote #1

A span of life is nothing. But the man who lives that span, he is something. He can fill that tiny span with meaning, so its quality is immeasurable though its quantity may be insignificant Picture Quote #1

Well, one hopes that if you’re really related to the core of your particular culture, you have profound commitments to it, and that you are aware of how much you can strain it before you do violence to its essential nature Picture Quote #1

I do not know what evil is when it comes to art. I only know what is good art and what is bad art Picture Quote #1

I’ve begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own Picture Quote #1

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All the sounds of this valley run together into one great echo, a song that is sung by all the spirits of this valley. Only a hunter hears it Picture Quote #1

There is in my work a very strong religious foreground and background. In the later work some of that tends to diminish, but it’s certainly present in the early work Picture Quote #1

And these two elements are at odds with one another because Freud is utterly adversary to almost all the ways of structuring the human experience found in Western religions. No Western religion can countenance Freud's view of man Picture Quote #1

I think that to a very great extent we are partners with the divine in this enterprise called history. That is an ongoing relationship, and there is absolutely no guarantee that things will automatically work out to our best advantage Picture Quote #1

But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet Picture Quote #1

I'm not altogether certain that a fundamentalism of necessity has to argue that it is the only reading of the human experience in order to stay alive Picture Quote #1

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Each work seems to give me the most trouble at the time I’m working on it Picture Quote #1

I get up around 6:30. I work from about 8:00 to 1:00, take a break for lunch, work again until about 5:00, and then go for a long walk and have dinner. Then, if my wife and I have no previous plans, we decide what to do for the evening Picture Quote #1

I think most serious writers, certainly in the modern period, use their own lives or the lives of people close to them or lives they have heard about as the raw material for their creativity Picture Quote #1

I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the following: A novelist has to create the piece of marble and then chip away to find the figure in it Picture Quote #1

I’m constantly revising. Once the book is written and typed, I go through the entire draft again Picture Quote #1

If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the novel? A novel is a kind of exploration and discovery, for me at any rate Picture Quote #1

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It is impossible to fuse totally with a culture for which you feel a measure of antagonism Picture Quote #1

It is inconceivable to me that a million or three million or half a million human beings will think and feel precisely the same way on any single subject Picture Quote #1

A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare - let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel Picture Quote #1

Two hundred or more years ago most people on the planet were never aware of any reality other than the one into which they were brought up Picture Quote #1

…everything has a past. Everything – a person, an object, a word, everything. If you don’t know the past, you can’t understand the present and plan properly for the future Picture Quote #1

If a person has a contribution to make, he must make it in public. If learning is not made public, it is a waste Picture Quote #1

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It’s always easier to learn something than to use what you’ve learned... You’re alone when you’re learning. But you always use it on other people. It’s different when there are other people involved Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Truth has to be given in riddles. People can’t take truth if it comes charging at them like a bull. The bull is always killed. You have to give people the truth in a riddle, hide it so they go looking for it and find it piece by piece; that way they learn to live with it Picture Quote #1

No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate, that’s the way the world is Picture Quote #1

Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn’t make a difference you will make it make a difference Picture Quote #1

Art is whether or not there is a scream in him wanting to get out in a special way Picture Quote #1

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A life is measured by how it is lived for the sake of heaven (Chaim Potok Quotes) As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge (Chaim Potok Quotes) A span of life is nothing. But the man who lives that span, he is something. He can fill that tiny span with meaning, so its quality is immeasurable though its quantity may be insignificant (Chaim Potok Quotes) Well, one hopes that if you’re really related to the core of your particular culture, you have profound commitments to it, and that you are aware of how much you can strain it before you do violence to its essential nature (Chaim Potok Quotes) I do not know what evil is when it comes to art. I only know what is good art and what is bad art (Chaim Potok Quotes) I’ve begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own (Chaim Potok Quotes) All the sounds of this valley run together into one great echo, a song that is sung by all the spirits of this valley. Only a hunter hears it (Chaim Potok Quotes) There is in my work a very strong religious foreground and background. In the later work some of that tends to diminish, but it’s certainly present in the early work (Chaim Potok Quotes) And these two elements are at odds with one another because Freud is utterly adversary to almost all the ways of structuring the human experience found in Western religions. No Western religion can countenance Freud's view of man (Chaim Potok Quotes) I think that to a very great extent we are partners with the divine in this enterprise called history. That is an ongoing relationship, and there is absolutely no guarantee that things will automatically work out to our best advantage (Chaim Potok Quotes) But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet (Chaim Potok Quotes) I'm not altogether certain that a fundamentalism of necessity has to argue that it is the only reading of the human experience in order to stay alive (Chaim Potok Quotes) Each work seems to give me the most trouble at the time I’m working on it (Chaim Potok Quotes) I get up around 6:30. I work from about 8:00 to 1:00, take a break for lunch, work again until about 5:00, and then go for a long walk and have dinner. Then, if my wife and I have no previous plans, we decide what to do for the evening (Chaim Potok Quotes) I think most serious writers, certainly in the modern period, use their own lives or the lives of people close to them or lives they have heard about as the raw material for their creativity (Chaim Potok Quotes) I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the following: A novelist has to create the piece of marble and then chip away to find the figure in it (Chaim Potok Quotes) I’m constantly revising. Once the book is written and typed, I go through the entire draft again (Chaim Potok Quotes) If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the novel? A novel is a kind of exploration and discovery, for me at any rate (Chaim Potok Quotes) It is impossible to fuse totally with a culture for which you feel a measure of antagonism (Chaim Potok Quotes) It is inconceivable to me that a million or three million or half a million human beings will think and feel precisely the same way on any single subject (Chaim Potok Quotes) A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare - let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel (Chaim Potok Quotes) Two hundred or more years ago most people on the planet were never aware of any reality other than the one into which they were brought up (Chaim Potok Quotes) …everything has a past. Everything – a person, an object, a word, everything. If you don’t know the past, you can’t understand the present and plan properly for the future (Chaim Potok Quotes) If a person has a contribution to make, he must make it in public. If learning is not made public, it is a waste (Chaim Potok Quotes) It’s always easier to learn something than to use what you’ve learned... You’re alone when you’re learning. But you always use it on other people. It’s different when there are other people involved (Chaim Potok Quotes) 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 Quotes) Truth has to be given in riddles. People can’t take truth if it comes charging at them like a bull. The bull is always killed. You have to give people the truth in a riddle, hide it so they go looking for it and find it piece by piece; that way they learn to live with it (Chaim Potok Quotes) No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate, that’s the way the world is (Chaim Potok Quotes) Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn’t make a difference you will make it make a difference (Chaim Potok Quotes) Art is whether or not there is a scream in him wanting to get out in a special way (Chaim Potok Quotes)

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