This concern which interests us more than anything else: the blurring of the distinction between art and life.

An abstract painting need in 50 years by no means look "abstract" any longer.

To all appearances, the artist acts like a mediumistic being who, from the labyrinth beyond time and space, seeks his way out to a clearing.

Chess is a sport. A violent sport.

I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position.

I think there is a great deal to the idea of not doing a thing, but that when you do a thing, you don't do it in five minutes or in five hours, but in five years.

Humor is the only reason to live.