"These people have learned not from books, but in the fields, in the wood, on the river bank. Their teachers have been the birds themselves, when they sang to them, the sun when it left a glow of crimson behind it at setting, the very trees, and wild herbs."
"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."
"In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!"(Letter to Alexander Chekhov, May 10, 1886)"
"Once a man gets a fixed idea, there's nothing to be done."
"Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning."
"Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning."