Fischer does not merely outplay opponents; he leaves them bodily and mentally glutted. Fisher himself speaks of the exultant instant in which he feels the 'ego of the other player crumbling.'
George SteinerThe letter kills the spirit. The written text is mute in the face of responding challenge. It does not admit of inward growth and correction. Text subverts the absolutely vital role of memory.
George Steinerthe calling of the teacher. There is no craft more privileged. To awaken in another human being powers, dreams beyond oneโs own; to induce in others a love for that which one loves; to make of oneโs inward present their future; that is a threefold adventure like no other.
George Steiner