Art Quote by Jennifer Shahade

The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not…

— Vladimir Kramnik

By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be…

— Emanuel Lasker

Chess is neither a science nor an art. It is what human nature most delights in--a fight.

— Emanuel Lasker

Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.

— Anatoly Karpov

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

— Vasily Smyslov

If you talk to some of the older players, they definitely say they see beauty in certain games. In my case, there are certain…

— Hikaru Nakamura

I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.

— Alexander Alekhine

One can say that in the last decades chess has become more of a sport than of a science. I see it from an…

— Judit Polgar

I believe every chess player senses beauty, when he succeeds in creating situations, which contradict the expectations and the rules, and he succeeds in…

— Vladimir Kramnik

When I speak of the beauty of a game of chess, then naturally this is subjective. Beauty can be found in a very technical,…

— Vladimir Kramnik

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

— Vladimir Kramnik

I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is…

— Marcel Duchamp