A lifetime in not enough to learn everything about chess.

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

Chess is a matter of vanity.

Young players expose themselves to grave risks when they blindly imitate the innovations of masters without themselves first checking all the details and consequences of these innovations.

Deux fous gagnent toujours, mais trois fous, non!

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.

During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.