Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian physician, dramaturge and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history.
Anton Chekov – Master Storyteller
When I think of Chekov I always think of his play “The Cherry Orchard”, which apparently he wrote just before he died. The play was very influential. It is about the rise of the middle class while toppling down the aristocracy.
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Vault of Anton Chekov’s Sayings:
A woman can only become a man’s friend in three stages: first, she’s an agreeable acquaintance, then a mistress, and only after that a friend.
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Brevity is the sister of talent.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, don’t marry.
– Anton Chekov
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I’m in mourning for my life.
– Chekov
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If there is a gun hanging on the wall in the first act, it must fire in the last.
– Anton Chekov
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Man is what he believes.
– Anton Chekov
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Man must work by the sweat of his brow whatever his class, and that should make up the whole meaning and purpose of his life and happiness and contentment.
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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress. When I get tired of one of them I spend the night with the other. Though it’s disorderly it’s not so dull, and besides, neither really loses anything from my infidelity.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
– Anton Chekov
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We do not have to depict life as it is, or as it ought to be, but as we see it in our dreams.
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Women don’t forgive failure.
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