Top 25 Quotes by Anton Chekhov of 433 - Page 4

There are still many more days of failure ahead, whole seasons of failure, things will go terribly wrong, you will have huge disappointments , but you have to prepare for that, you have to expect it and be resolute and

There are still many more days of failure ahead, whole seasons of failure, things will go terribly wrong, you will have huge disappointments , but you have to prepare for that, you have to expect it and be resolute and follow your own path.

Anton Chekhov

Disappointment, Path, Stills

If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.

Anton Chekhov

Cry, Failing, Ifs

People's destinies are so different. Some people drag along, unnoticed and boring—they're all alike, and they're all unhappy. Then there are others, like for instance you—you're one in a million. You're happy—

Anton Chekhov

Destiny, People, Unhappy

A man who doesn't drink is not, in my opinion, fully a man.

Anton Chekhov

Men, Opinion, Drink

Letter to N.A. Leikin, May 8, 1895.

You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.

Anton Chekhov

Artist, Two, Problem

Anton Chekhov (2015). “The Collected Works of Anton Chekhov: Novellas, Short Stories, Plays, Letters & Diary: Three Sisters, Seagull , The Shooting Party, Uncle Vanya, Cherry Orchard, Chameleon, Tripping Tongue, On The Road, Vanka, Ward No. Six, Swedish Match, Nightmare, Bear, Reluctant Hero, Joy…”, p.3459, e-artnow

The unhappy are egotistical, base, unjust, cruel, and even less capable of understanding one another than are idiots. Unhappinessdoes not unite people, but separates them.

Anton Chekhov

People, Understanding, Unhappy

"Enemies". Short story by Anton Chekhov, 1887.

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.

Anton Chekhov

Literature, Eccentric, Vodka

"The Little Trilogy: The Man in a Case, Gooseberries, about Love". Book by Anton Chekhov, 1898.

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.

Anton Chekhov

Tired, Science, Night

Letter to A. S. Suvorin, 11 Sept. 1888

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.

Anton Chekhov

Flower, Life Is Like, Blooming

Anton Chekhov (2006). “The Major Plays”, p.28, Penguin

Everyone has the same God; only people differ.

Anton Chekhov

God, Faith, People

"The Duel". Book by Anton Chekhov, 1891.

My mother and father are the only people on the whole planet for whom I will never begrudge a thing. Should I achieve great things, it is the work of their hands; they are splendid people and their absolute love of their children places them above the highest praise. It cloaks all of their shortcomings, shortcomings that may have resulted from a difficult life.

Anton Chekhov

Mother, Children, Father

Letter to M.M. Chekhov, July 29, 1877.

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.

Anton Chekhov

Life, Asking, Carrots

It is easier to ask of the poor than of the rich.

Anton Chekhov

Rich, Poor, Easier

Anton Chekhov (2015). “The Life and Genius of Anton Chekhov: Letters, Diary, Reminiscences and Biography: Assorted Collection of Autobiographical Writings of the Renowned Russian Author and Playwright of Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters and The Seagull”, p.329, e-artnow

Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.

Anton Chekhov

Hero, Mind, Action

The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.

Anton Chekhov

Simple, Simplicity, Problem

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.

Anton Chekhov

Summer, Love You, Winter

Anton Chekhov (2015). “The Collected Works of Anton Chekhov: Novellas, Short Stories, Plays, Letters & Diary: Three Sisters, Seagull , The Shooting Party, Uncle Vanya, Cherry Orchard, Chameleon, Tripping Tongue, On The Road, Vanka, Ward No. Six, Swedish Match, Nightmare, Bear, Reluctant Hero, Joy…”, p.3759, e-artnow

Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.

Anton Chekhov

Logic, Ethics, Accomplished

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1995). “Selected Stories”, p.20, Wordsworth Editions

Anna Petrovna: Never talk to women about your own good qualities. Let them find out for themselves.

Anton Chekhov

Quality, Anna, Good Quality

He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.

Anton Chekhov

Funny, Sarcastic, Art

When 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.

Anton Chekhov

Real, Glasses, Drunk

It's not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.

Anton Chekhov

Writing, Thinking, Soul

"The Seagull". Play by Anton Chekhov, 1896.

Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.

Anton Chekhov

Clothes, Soul, Excellence

The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him.

Anton Chekhov

Funny, Horse, Stupidity

I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.

Anton Chekhov

Horse, Ballet, Ballerina

An actress without talent, forty years old, ate a partridge for dinner, and I felt sorry for the partridge, for it occurred to me that in its life it had been more talented, more sensible, and more honest than the actress.

Anton Chekhov

Sorry, Years, Dinner

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