An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person.

Chess is like body-building. If you train every day, you stay in top shape. It is the same with your brain - chess is a matter of daily training.

When I was a child I liked the games of Capablanca, and later I was captivated by Alekhine's play.

It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position

Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything.

I go to bed at 4 a. m. Almost all chessplayers do.

For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.

I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also define his way of playing.

Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess. That is why, if a player has big aims, he should limit his rapidplay in favour of serious chess.

In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental in this.

Chess is so deep, I simply feel lost.

Those who have teachable spirit get wiser and wiser daily.

I look at the human life like an experiment. Every new moment, every new experience, tragic or otherwise, is an opportunity to gain a more accurate perspective and helps lead me to clarity.

You go out with a girl you used to date, she looks so damn good, and then at a certain point you say, Boy, now I remember. I know why I left!

Lord, you're Irish," said Will. "Can you make things that don't have potatoes in them? We had an Irish cook once when I was a boy. Potato pie, potato custard, potatoes with potato sauce.

Not only can color, which is under fixed laws, be taught like music, but it is easier to learn than drawing, whose elaborate principles cannot be taught.

As we speak cruel time is fleeing. Seize the day, believing as little as possible in tomorrow.

I am a strong believer that intellectual property rights need to be protected.

Each day it's like: 'How many more days am I going to feel young and vibrant? I feel young and vibrant now, but I also feel the aches and pains a little bit.

I appear to be drawn to iconic characters and what they reflect back to our cultures.