Art Quote by Marcel Duchamp

“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

Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on…

— Alexander Alekhine

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

— Alexander Alekhine

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

— Alexander Kotov

Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.

— Anatoly Karpov

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

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

— Vasily Smyslov

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

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

— Raymond Chandler

Chess is not for the faint-hearted; it absorbs a person entirely. To get to the bottom of this game, he has to give himself…

— Wilhelm Steinitz

Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for.

— Hans Ree