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.

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

I don’t care about the word ‘art’ because it has been so discredited. So I want to get rid of it. There is an unnecessary adoration of ‘art’ today.

I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.

Chess players are madmen of a certain quality, the way the artist is supposed to be, and isn't, in general.

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.

All decisions in the artistic execution of the work rest with pure intuition and cannot be translated into a self-analysis.