32 Quotes About Chekhov


  • Author Anton Chekhov
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    You are confusing two notions, "the solution of a problem" and "the correct posing of the question". Only the second is essential for the artist.

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  • Author Anton Chekhov
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    You're an intelligent educated man. You can see it's not thieves or fires that destroy the world; it's hatred, hostility, all this petty squabbling...Shouldn't you stop complaining and try to make peace?

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  • Author Anton Chekhov
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    Gökyüzüne bakıp da kuyruklu piyanoya benzeyen şu bulutun süzülüp gittiğini mi gördüm, hemen bir hikayemin bir yerine gökyüzünden kuyruklu piyanoya benzeyen bir bulutun süzülüp gittiğini koymalıyım diye düşünürüm. Vanilya çiçeği kokuyor değil mi? Hemen mim koyarım: "Ağdalı bir koku, çiçeği dul kadın giysisi renginde, bir yaz akşamı tasvirinde kullanılacak..." Sizin ağzınızdan ve kendi ağzımdan çıkan her sözcüğü kaptığım gibi, edebiyat dağarıma tıkıştırırım, bakarsın işe yarar!

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  • Author James Callis
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    When I was at drama school in the U.K., I was there for two and a half years, and we did one week of television and film. It's right before you leave. It's like, 'We've taught you Chekhov and Shakespeare; you are likely to be in a washing-up soap-liquid commercial.'

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  • Author Peter Capaldi
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    My parents didn't take me to the theatre to see Chekhov when I was growing up - we went to see 'Francie and Josie' once every five years.

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  • Author Jane Gardam
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    English country life is more like Chekhov than 'The Archers' or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is sometimes compared.

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  • Author Zeljko Ivanek
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    I thought I would spent my career doing Chekhov and Ibsen in regional theaters, so the fact that I started doing new plays was a whole new world I didn't expect, and that I would like to keep doing.

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