To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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People should be beautiful in every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.
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My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
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You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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Three o’clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can’t sleep, I am so happy.
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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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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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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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