Anton Chekhov: I would like to be a free artist and nothing else, and I regret God has not given me the strength to be one.

I would like to be a free artist and nothing else, and I regret God has not give — Anton Chekhov

I would like to be a free artist and nothing else, and I regret God has not given me the strength to be one.

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