Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position

Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.

I like to do projects in which you can see statistical results. I am very happy for all these small children, who have been the biggest group of victims of iodine deficiency.

Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF.

The priority must be the unification of the world titles to straighten things out. But we should not wait that long anymore to change the situation, because we are running out of time.

The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this.

I still remember Botvinnik's reaction to each of my games, right from the opening moves. At first he would express amazement, then annoyance, and, finally irritation.

By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don't swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking.

To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.

Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless.

The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.

The solution is in the problem

The waters of the stream played the part of the orchestra, and the sunlight provided the dancers. Every now and then a crescendo of wind highlighted the symphony in the clearing by the creek.

You will take his life but you can't take his memory out of us.

At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution.

I think I'm aware of what goes on in my mind more than some guys, and for that reason I fight more battles.

We may think of ourselves as civilized, but there is always a wildness within.

I'd lived by quotations, practically all my life.

Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.

One cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.

I think that our experiences are quite often colored by our cultural and religious beliefs.