You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
ANTON CHEKHOVWhen all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won’t intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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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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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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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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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.
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