Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
ANTON CHEKHOVBetter a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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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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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
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Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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Oh, 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.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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