You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
ANTON CHEKHOVIf our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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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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There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
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A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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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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