Show me three lines of the opening theory moves and I will prove to you that two of them are incorrect.

When you see a good move, look for a better one.

Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging. Chess must not be memorized.

On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.

The hardest game to win is a won game

Without error there can be no brilliancy

I keep on fighting as long as my opponent can make a mistake.

By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be - what human nature mostly delights in - a fight.

The laws of chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not.

The combination player thinks forward; he starts from the given position, and tries the forceful moves in his mind

I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed

Come windless invaderI am a carnival ofStars, a poem of blood.

Share, share, share your experience, feelings, anxiety.

Understanding someone, and loving him despite that understanding, is a trait more often found in angels than in mankind.

I am certainly convinced that it is one of the greatest impulses of mankind to arrive at something higher than a natural state.

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

One aspect of serendipity to bear in mind is that you have to be looking for something in order to find something else.

Unless you heal the root of a problem, the pain will not go away. You can hide from it, but the problem stays until you dig deep.

Bankers, they're not harmed by their mistakes. They benefit when things go right, and the society pays the price.

But in marketing, the familiar is everything, and that is controlled by the studio. That is reaching its apogee now.

Of all the creative acts performed by the artist, the most directly legible is drawing... it is the act that is most directly and spontaneously governed by his nervous and muscular system.