Brevity – the sister of talent.
ANTON CHEKHOVBrevity – the sister of talent.
ANTON CHEKHOVFaith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
ANTON CHEKHOVBe sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
ANTON CHEKHOVWithout a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
ANTON CHEKHOVMy 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.
ANTON CHEKHOVYou only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
ANTON CHEKHOVPeople don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
ANTON CHEKHOVThere is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
ANTON CHEKHOVCalculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
ANTON CHEKHOVYou confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
ANTON CHEKHOVBetter to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
ANTON CHEKHOVPeople are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
ANTON CHEKHOVHe who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
ANTON CHEKHOVIf you want to work on your art, work on your life.
ANTON CHEKHOV