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Famous Anton Chekhov Quotes
“Write only of what is important and eternal.”
“Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.”
“There isn't a Monday that would not cede its place to Tuesday.”
“I'm the seagull. No, that's not it. I'm an actress. That's it.”
“Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.”
“I am now and have always been a stranger to the realm of practical matters.”
“I swear fearfully at the conventions of the stage.”
“If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.”
“A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.”
“I have the feeling that I've seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.”
“Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.”
“An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.”
“My holy of holies is the human body.”
“You will not become a saint through other people's sins.”
“Write, write, write-till your fingers break.”
“Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling.”
“Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.”