You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
ANTON CHEKHOVWhen all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won’t intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it.
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You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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When all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won’t intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.
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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
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Oh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read – my own or other people’s works – it all seems to me not short enough.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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