Psychology Quotes by Anton Chekhov

16 Psychology quotes by Anton Chekhov

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Chekhov had a knack for exposing the quiet dramas inside us. These 16 snippets strip away the stage lights, leaving the raw pulse of desire, doubt, and self‑deception.

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In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!

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“Straining the mind, wrinkling the brow, We write, write, write, Without respite Or hope of praise in the future or now.”

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Eyes - the head's chief of police. They watch and make mental notes.

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“Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions." ( Letter to Alexander Chekhov , May 10, 1886)”

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

Anton Chekhov

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“I must run away, I must escape this very day or I shall go out of my mind.”

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People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.

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“Shabelsky: O mind of genius, you think up things for everyone and teach everyone, but why not for once teach me... Teach…

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“What she can't get into her narrow mind is that we're above such things as love. Our whole aim - the whole…

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“In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!" ( Letter to Alexander Chekhov , May 10, 1886)”

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No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.

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Of course politics is an interesting and engrossing thing. It offers no immutable laws, nearly always prevaricates, but as far asblather and…

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I let myself go at the beginning and write with an easy mind, but by the time I get to the middle…

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“forests are the ornaments of the earth, that they teach mankind to understand beauty and attune his mind to lofty sentiments. Forests…

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“A human being should be entirely beautiful: the face, the clothes, the mind, the thoughts. Your step-mother is, of course, beautiful to…

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In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations! Be sure not to discuss…

Anton Chekhov

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