... only he is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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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 correct formulation of a problem. Only the second is required of the artist.Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
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 or conservative. I am neither liberal, nor conservative, nor gradualist, nor monk, nor indifferentist. I would like to be a free artist and nothing else, and I regret God has not given me the strength to be one.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
I think descriptions of nature should be very short and always be a propos. Commonplaces like 'The setting sun, sinking into the waves of the darkening sea, cast its purple gold rays, etc,' 'Swallows, flitting over the surface of the water, twittered gail.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
A litterateur is not a confectioner, not a dealer in cosmetics, not an entertainer.... He is just like an ordinary reporter. What would you say if a newspaper reporter, because of his fastidiousness or from a wish to give pleasure to his readers, were to describe only honest mayors, high-minded ladies, and virtuous railroad contractors.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
I still lack a political, religious and philosophical world view I change it every month and so I'll have to limit myself to descriptions of how my heroes love, marry, give birth, die, and how they speak.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
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 once admitted it, just as Voltaire admitted it.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
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