An artist must pass judgment only on what he understands; his range is limited as that of any other specialist... Anyone who… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
You've only got to begin to do anything to find out how few honest, honourable people there are. Sometimes, when I can't… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
An enormously vast field lies between "God exists" and "there is no God." The truly wise man traverses it with great difficulty.… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“Anyone who says the artist's field is all answers and no questions has never done any writing or had any dealings with… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
An artist must only judge of what he understands, his field is just as limited as that of any other specialist... That… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
These people have learned not from books, but in the fields, in the wood, on the river bank. Their teachers have been… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
A woman is fascinated not by art but by the noise made by those in the field. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I long to embrace, to include in my own short life, all that is accessible to man. I long to speak, to… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“Using vile means to attain worthy ends makes the ends themselves vile. Let them ride on the backs of doctors and medical assistants, but… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
There are still many more days of failure ahead, whole seasons of failure, things will go terribly wrong, you will have huge disappointments ,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“But here was all the timorousness and angularity of inexperienced youth, a feeling of awkwardness, and an impression of bewilderment, as if someone had… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“At the water's edge, barrels of pitch blazed like huge bonfires. Their reflection, crimson as the rising moon, crept to meet us in long,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Anna Petrovna: Never talk to women about your own good qualities. Let them find out for themselves. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
While you're playing cards with a regular guy or having a bite to eat with him, he seems a peaceable, good-humoured and not entirely… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“Lebedev: France has a clear and defined policy... The French know what they want. They just want to wipe out the Krauts, finish, but… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“My holy of holies are the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and the most absolute freedom - freedom from force and falsity,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“What we have, we do not treasure,” and what’s more we do not even love it.” — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
