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Life is given only once, and ...

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

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People should be beautiful in...

People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

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Time will pass, and we shall ...

Time will pass, and we shall go away for ever, and we shall be forgotten, our faces will be forgotten, our voices, and how many there were of us; but our sufferings will pass into joy for those who will live after us, happiness and peace will be established upon earth, and they will remember kindly and bless those who have lived before.

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It is time for writers to adm...

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 stupider they are, the wider they conceive their horizons to be. And if an artist decides to declare that he understands nothing of what he sees - this in itself constitutes a considerable clarity in the realm of thought, and a great step forward.

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My love is like a stone tied ...

My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it's dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can't live without it.

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Art, especially the stage, is...

Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling. There are in store for you many unsuccessful days and whole unsuccessful seasons: there will be great misunderstandings and deep disappointments… you must be prepared for all this, expect it and nevertheless, stubbornly, fanatically follow your own way.

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Life is difficult for those w...

Life is difficult for those who have the daring to first set out on an unknown road. The avant-garde always has a bad time of it.

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People's destinies are so dif...

People's destinies are so different. Some people drag along, unnoticed and boring—they're all alike, and they're all unhappy. Then there are others, like for instance you—you're one in a million. You're happy—

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The role of the artist is to ...

The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.

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We are accustomed to live in ...

We are accustomed to live in hopes of good weather, a good harvest, a nice love-affair, hopes of becoming rich or getting the office of chief of police, but I've never noticed anyone hoping to get wiser. We say to ourselves: it'll be better under a new tsar, and in two hundred years it'll still be better, and nobody tries to make this good time come tomorrow. On the whole, life gets more and more complex every day and moves on its own sweet will, and people get more and more stupid, and get isolated from life in ever-increasing numbers.

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Lying is the same as alcoholi...

Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.

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If in the first act you intro...

If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.

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I think human beings must hav...

I think human beings must have faith or must look for faith, otherwise our life is empty, empty. To live and not to know why the cranes fly, why children are born, why there are stars in the sky. You must know why you are alive, or else everything is nonsense, just blowing in the wind.

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My own experience is that onc...

My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.

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My mother and father are the ...

My mother and father are the only people on the whole planet for whom I will never begrudge a thing. Should I achieve great things, it is the work of their hands; they are splendid people and their absolute love of their children places them above the highest praise. It cloaks all of their shortcomings, shortcomings that may have resulted from a difficult life.

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It's not a matter of old or n...

It's not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.

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Oh, I have now a mania for sh...

Oh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read - my own or other people's works - it all seems to me not short enough.

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You will not become a saint t...

You will not become a saint through other people's sins.

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For God's sake, have some sel...

For God's sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.

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A woman can become a man's fr...

A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.

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