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.
ANTON CHEKHOVEach 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.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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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 world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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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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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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