The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.
ANTON CHEKHOVWhat a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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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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This life of ours, human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up–no more flower.
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If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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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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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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It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.
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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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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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