Chess Quote by Marcel Duchamp

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

— Marcel Duchamp

I maintain that in every position that arises, we should deliberately search, among other things, for pieces which have no retreat. If we see…

— Cecil Purdy

It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.

— Anatoly Karpov

In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.

— Wilhelm Steinitz

The Olympic Charter says winter sports must be played on snow or ice, so the Chess Federation says they'll play with ice pieces. The…

— Peter Sagal

I think most people are fascinated by chess for that reason. It's just these mystical shapes. It's almost like Harry Potteresque, like wizard's chess…

— Maurice Ashley

For 'Inhuman,' it's a 'chess game' series. You have a lot of pieces moving different ways at once, and it's about what they do…

— Charles Soule

The King is a fighting piece. Use it!

— Wilhelm Steinitz

Eating and sleeping are not like loving and breathing. Washing is not like eating and sleeping. Believing is like breathing and loving. Religion can…

— Gertrude Stein

I believe that a healthy lifestyle isn't just a regular exercise routine or your eating habits, but a synergy of a healthy mind and…

— Theo Rossi

Odd as I am sure it will appear to some, I can think of no better form of personal involvement in the cure of…

— Wendell Berry

What is at the higher levels of meaning consciousness is like a hyperspace in which each point is equidistant from the other and where…

— William Irwin Thompson