I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty.

Psychology is the most important factor in chess.

During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.

You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself.

A lifetime in not enough to learn everything about chess.

I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.

Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.

Chess, like other arts, must be practiced to be appreciated.

Play on both sides of the board is my favourite strategy.

I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.

Deux fous gagnent toujours, mais trois fous, non!

He couldn't even tell whether he was angry or contrite, whether it was forgiveness he wanted or the power to forgive.

If you can't set a better example for progress, don't show disapproval against the worse tradition!

Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.

When I'm trying to write a song for someone else, you can only see anything through your own eyes.

My feelings tried to control me on my run. I had to concentrate fully on forthcoming running and success. I wanted to triumph.

And when you look at the Turtle's movie there is something there, definitely something there.

There is no man so great as not to have some littleness more predominant than all his greatness. Our virtues are the dupes, and often only the plaything of our follies.

I preach nonviolence because it's the better alternative.

I felt beauty was a magnet for abuse, and I had suffered greatly for it.

We shall never have a science of economics unless we learn to discern the operation of law even among the most perplexing complications and apparent interruptions.