It's not a pretty world, Papa.' 'I've noticed,' my father said softly.

I will go wherever the truth leads me. It is secular scholarship, Rebbe; it is not the scholarship of tradition. In secular scholarship there are no boundaries and no permanently fixed views.” Lurie, if the Torah cannot go out into your world of scholarship and return stronger, then we are all fools and charlatans. I have faith in the Torah. I am not afraid of truth.

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.

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

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.

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.

Art is whether or not there is a scream in him wanting to get out in a special way.