“Something that is yours forever is never precious”
― Chaim Potok, My Name Is Asher Lev

“Seeds must be sown everywhere. Only some will bear fruit. But there would not be the fruit from the few had the many not been sown”
― Chaim Potok, My Name Is Asher Lev

“Art is whether or not there is a scream in him wanting to get out in a special way.”
― Chaim Potok, My Name Is Asher Lev

“I do not have many things that are meaningful to me. Except my doubts and my fears. And my art.”
― Chaim Potok, My Name Is Asher Lev

“A life is measured by how it is lived for the sake of heaven.”
― Chaim Potok, My Name Is Asher Lev

“... an artist is a person first. He is an individual. If there is no person, there is no artist.”
― Chaim Potok, My Name Is Asher Lev

“Art is a person's private vision expressed in aesthetic forms.”
― Chaim Potok, My Name Is Asher Lev

“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, My Name Is Asher Lev

“My name is Asher Lev... I am a traitor, an apostate, a self-hater, an inflicter of shame upon my family, my friends, my people; also, I am a mocker of ideas sacred to Christians, a blasphemous manipulator of modes and forms revered by Gentiles for two thousand years.”
― Chaim Potok, My Name Is Asher Lev