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Anton Chekhov Quotes about Time

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Time will pass, and we shall go away for ever, and we shall be forgotten, our faces will be forgotten, our voices, and how many there were of us; but our sufferings will pass into joy for those who will live after us,

Time will pass, and we shall go away for ever, and we shall be forgotten, our faces will be forgotten, our voices, and how many there were of us; but our sufferings will pass into joy for those who will live after us, happiness and peace will be established upon earth, and they will remember kindly and bless those who have lived before.

Anton Chekhov
Time, Voice, Joy

It is time for writers to admit that nothing in this world makes sense. Only fools and charlatans think they know and understand everything. The stupider they are, the wider they conceive their horizons to be. And if an artist decides to declare that he understands nothing of what he sees - this in itself constitutes a considerable clarity in the realm of thought, and a great step forward.

Anton Chekhov
Time, Artist, Thinking

Do you remember you shot a seagull? A man came by chance, saw it and destroyed it, just to pass the time.

Anton Chekhov
Time, Men, Remember You
Anton Chekhov (2007). “Chekhov Plays”, p.126, Wordsworth Editions

I was so drunk the whole time that I took bottles for girls and girls for bottles.

Anton Chekhov
Girl, Time, Drunk
Letter to the Chekhov family, April 25, 1887.

I am dying. I haven't drunk champagne for a long time.

Anton Chekhov
Time, Long, Drunk

The time has come for writers, especially those who are artists, to admit that in this world one cannot make anything out, just as Socrates once admitted it, just as Voltaire admitted it.

Anton Chekhov
Time, Artist, Justice
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1964). “Letters on the short story, the drama, and other literary topics”

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