You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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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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What a delight it is to respect people!
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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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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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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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
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