Agreeing to draws in the middlegame, equal or otherwise, deprives you of the opportunity to practice playing endgames, and the endgame is probably where you need the most practice.

According to such great attacking players as Bronstein and Tal, most combinations are inspired by the player's memories of earlier games.

Under no circumstances should you play fast if you have a winning position. Forget the clock, use all your time and make good moves.

Patience is the most valuable trait of the endgame player.

I always urge players to study composed problems and endgames.

There is nothing wrong with trying to exploit the natural human tendency to become impatient when forced to play a boring position.

In the Soviets' view, chess was not merely an art or a science or even a sport; it was what it had been invented to simulate: war.

I had a slightly inferior endgame that probably should have been drawn, but Kortchnoi kept torturing me with little threats until finally, exhausted and exasperated, I made a losing mistake.

When you defend, try not to worry or become upset. Keep your cool and trust your position - it's all you've got.

Sometimes players need to gain time on the clock by repeating the position, but most often its purpose is to wear down the opponent psychologically.

There is no doubt that Bronstein's shrewd understanding of chess psychology was crucial to his success. Without it, his impetuous style and technical flaws might have relegated him to a minor career.

If you think there is no time to write now, there would never be.

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.

I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source.

As a professional athlete I can tell you I feel every single emotion and not one of them ever helped me in a fist-fight before.

The only time that I've adopted characterization again since that point, for my own albums, has been an album called "Outside" that I did with Brian Eno.

I had [at school] my own little posse of people that all felt weird together so it wasn't so lonely.

Flowers are almost perfect; their only flaw is that they are weak; they can't protect themselves against the evil!

Creativity springs from the yearning to be the fullness of who you are.

I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.

We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace.