All Anton Chekhov Quotes
- Dear sweet unforgettable childhood. Childhood
- It always seems to the brothers and the father that their brother or son didn't marry the right person. Always Seems
- 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… Admit
- 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… Admit
- A tree is beautiful, but what's more, it has a right to life; like water, the sun and the stars, it is essential. Life on… Beautiful
- I swear fearfully at the conventions of the stage. Conventions
- The critics suppose that it is easy to write a play. They aren't aware that writing a good play is difficult and writing a bad… Aware
- If you ever have need of my life, come and take it. Inspirational
- A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves. Both
- I have the feeling that I've seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants. Elephants
- There are still many more days of failure ahead, whole seasons of failure, things will go terribly wrong, you will have huge disappointments , but… Ahead
- Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them. Accept
- An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes. Art
- If I wanted to order a ring for myself, the inscription I should choose would be: "Nothing passes away." I believe that nothing passes away… Away Without
- My holy of holies is the human body. Body
- You will not become a saint through other people's sins. Inspirational
- Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own… Beautiful
- Write, write, write-till your fingers break. Break
- Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling. Area
- One usually dislikes a play while writing it, but afterward it grows on one. Let others judge and make decisions, Afterward
- If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater. Aim
- I will begin with what in my opinion is your lack of restraint. You are like a spectator in a theatre who expresses his enthusiasm… Begin
- In descriptions of nature one must seize on small details, grouping them so that when the reader closes his eyes he gets a picture. Closes
- Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self. Annihilation
- Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty. Beauty