Masters Quotes

2836 Masters quotes by 1740 unique authors

You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself. — Alexander Alekhine
All chess masters can play one game blindfolded. — George Koltanowski
Having spent 200 hours on the above, the young player, even if he possesses no special talent for chess, is likely to be among those… — Emanuel Lasker
Titled players appeared to be trotting out game after game in which the same old hoary opening sequences, memorized out to fifteen, twenty, or even… — Steve Lopez
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… — Alexander Alekhine
Every great master will find it useful to have his own theory on the openings, which only he himself knows, a theory which is closely… — Mikhail Botvinnik
In my opinion, the style of a player should not be formed under the influence of any single great master. — Vasily Smyslov
The writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master - something that, at times, strangely wills and works… — Charlotte Bronte
Now in creative thought common sense is a bad master. Its sole criterion for judgement is that the new ideas shall look like the old… — Alfred North Whitehead
Dogs are animals that poop in public and you're supposed to pick it up. After a week of doing this, you've got to ask yourself,… — Anthony Griffin
Thomas Beecham was a pompous little band-master who stood against everything creative in the art of his time. — John Fowles
That's what the great masters and mistresses have been saying ever since time began. They can point the way, leave signposts and little instructions in… — John Lennon
Our problem is not to be rid of fear but rather to harness and master it. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I soon realized that it is not enough for a master simply to analyse variations scrupulously just like an accountant. He must learn to work… — Alexander Kotov
I feel that anyone can become an IM (International Master) in two years, but he must study hard and play a great deal in order… — Unknown Author
The true masters of the art of living are already happy... — Jean Anouilh
To receive gratitude with grace is a form of gratitude by itself, and not always an easy art to master. — Stephen Covey
The studio is an extension of the sandbox and the kindergarten playroom. It has a dynamic unlike any office or factory. It's a room at… — Robert Genn
All chess masters have on occasion played a magnificent game and then lost it by a stupid mistake, perhaps in time pressure and it may… — Bent Larsen
I'm still just a kid learning about minimalism, and he's a master of it. It's just really such a blessing, to be able to work… — Kanye West
We must understand the connection between inner solitude and inner silence; they are inseparable. All the masters of the interior life speak of the two… — Richard J. Foster
I entered the Physics Department in 1950, receiving a Master's degree in 1953 and a Ph.D. in 1956. It is difficult to convey the sense… — Jerome Isaac Friedman
I still recall the day when I became known not just as Gay Brewer, but 'Gay Brewer, winner of the 1967 Masters.' The reality of… — Gay Brewer
I was a master at keeping my feelings in. — Mark David Chapman
Gordon Nelson is not only my friend, he's my mentor. He is a master craftsman with unique experience, and an approach to creativity that we… — Unknown Author

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