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

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.

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!

I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.

I had a dream about you last night. We were plug sockets in the bedroom. We saw only a short part of their day, but we knew everything of it.

If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.

The president is always made fun of.

I don't have children - yet! But I can imagine a love so potent that you would give your life for them. To give your life over to something else outside of you, that's love.

No person or thing hurting you is worth you hurting yourself

I was a rotten kid. My excitement came from seeing what I could get away with.

If you have money and you have fame, but you don't have any confidence in your blackness, then it's all for nothing.

The way to heaven is within. Shake the wings of love-when love's wings have become strong, there is no need to trouble about a ladder.

Being an artist, it's always tempting to measure success through other people's eyes, be they critics, journalists or audiences.

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.