The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
ANTON CHEKHOVOh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read – my own or other people’s works – it all seems to me not short enough.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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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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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
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