"Chekhov is said to be the father of the modern short story". Malcolm 2004, стр. 87; "He brought something new into literature." James Joyce, in Arthur Power (1974). Conversations with James Joyce. Usborne Publishing Ltd. стр. 57. ISBN978-0-86000-006-8.; "Tchehov's breach with the classical tradition is the most significant event in modern literature", John Middleton Murry, in Athenaeum, 8 April 1922, cited in Bartlett's introduction to About Love.
"You are right in demanding that an artist should take an intelligent attitude to his work, but you confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for the artist." Letter to Suvorin, 27 October 1888. Letters of Anton Chekhov.