If you get offended by words - by noises we make with our mouths - it means you were raised by bad parents.
Believe firmly that in chess there are no rules without exceptions.
Discovered check is the dive bomber of the Chessboard
Combinations have always been the most intriguing aspect of Chess. The masters look for them, the public applauds them, the critics praise them. It is because combinations are possible that Chess is more than a lifeless mathematical exercise. They are the poetry of the game; they are to Chess what melody is to music. They represent the triumph of mind over matter
I'd rather have a Pawn than a finger
The king is a strong piece - use it !
A plan is made for a few moves only, not for the whole game.
Socialism works. . . [and] Cuba might prove that. I think it's conclusive that there have been areas where socialism has helped to keep people at least stabilized at a certain level.
It meant a kind of real liberation of expression. It embraced amateurism in a way that I still am inspired by. It was not about trying to get, you know, stadium gigs or even commercial radio play or even record deals for that matter. It was about saying something 'cause you meant it, and expressing something that you felt. And that was primary for that - whatever the scene, whatever punk rock means, it was very, very important to me, very formative.
Everybody's out trying to be commercial. I'm not trying to be anything, really.
Great art always transcends its culture, while lesser art merely reflects it.