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Artist Quotes by Anton Chekhov
- He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
- You are right in demanding that an artist approach his work consciously, but you are confusing two concepts: the solution of a problem and the…
- The people I am afraid of are the ones who look for tendentiousness between the lines and are determined to see me as either liberal…
- My business is to be talented, that is, to be capable of selecting the important moments from the trivial ones. . . . It's about…
- Anyone who says the artist's field is all answers and no questions has never done any writing or had any dealings with imageryYou are confusing…
- 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…
- 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…
- An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
- An artist's flair is sometimes worth a scientist's brains.
- An artist must pass judgment only on what he understands; his range is limited as that of any other specialist... Anyone who says that the…
- I am not a liberal, not a conservative, not a believer in gradual progress, not a monk. I should like to be a free artist…
- You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
- The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
- The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.
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- Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist. — Wystan Hugh Auden
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- A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an artist. — Norman Ralph Augustine
- Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did. — Sebastian Bach
- I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views. — Kevin Bacon
- The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. — Francis Bacon
- I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. — Lord Acton
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