top of page
More

"Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists."
Author Name
Personal Development

"The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events."
Author Name
Personal Development

"There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible."
Author Name
Personal Development

"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter."
Author Name
Personal Development

"The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal."
Author Name
Personal Development

"In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition."
Author Name
Personal Development

"The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic."
Author Name
Personal Development

"A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist."
Author Name
Personal Development

"Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star."
Author Name
Personal Development

"I made it easier for many artists to play in certain areas."
Author Name
Personal Development
More

"Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature."
Style

"In this respect I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry. With his very emotive body language at the board he shows and displays all his emotions. I don't."
Body

"Once he had selected the path he was going down he really had to stick with it in a 16 game match. He had to try and hit in the one direction but unfortunately for him - though fortunately for me! - he hit in the wrong direction."
Direction

"When I speak of the beauty of a game of chess, then naturally this is subjective. Beauty can be found in a very technical, mathematical game for example. That is the beauty of clarity."
Beauty

"For us chess players the language of artist is something natural."
Artist

"So basically it's very simple: to start with, if you want to win the match, you shouldn't be afraid of him. There are still many, many things to do, but above all this is the most important: Don't be scared of him!"
Want

"Now, two years have passed and the situation is completely different: no one wants to organise this match."
Now

"I believe every chess player senses beauty, when he succeeds in creating situations, which contradict the expectations and the rules, and he succeeds in mastering this situation."
Beauty

"The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level."
Beauty

"Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game."
Beauty
bottom of page