Art Quote by Garry Kasparov

I have frequently stated that I regard chess as an art form, where creativity prevails over other factors.

— Vasily Smyslov

Chess, like any creative activity, can exist only through the combined efforts of those who have creative talent, and those who have the ability…

— Mikhail Botvinnik

Chess, like other arts, must be practiced to be appreciated.

— Alexander Alekhine

It is well-known that chess and music go well together, and many are those who have achieved unusual proficiency in both.

— Savielly Tartakower

Chess is a unique cognitive nexus, a place where art and science come together in the human mind and are then refined and improved…

— Garry Kasparov

It has always been recognized that chess is an art, and its best practitioners have been described as artists.

— Alexander Kotov

Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.

— Marcel Duchamp

Chess is something more than a game. It is an intellectual diversion which has certain artistic qualities and many scientific elements.

— Jose Raul Capablanca

I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.

— Alexander Alekhine

My study of chess was accompanied by a strong attraction to music, and it was probably thanks to this that from childhood I became…

— Vasily Smyslov

For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.

— Vladimir Kramnik

Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.

— Anatoly Karpov