I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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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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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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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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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
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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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