You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
ANTON CHEKHOVBe sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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Man is what he believes.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
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A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.
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In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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