Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
ANTON CHEKHOVDo you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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This life of ours, human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up–no more flower.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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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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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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