Avoiding Quote by Max Euwe

One interesting indication of Capablanca's greatness is that to non-chess players his name was better known than the names of all other chess masters…

— Fred Reinfeld

He can be regarded as the great master of simplification. The art of resolving the tension at the critical moment and in the most…

— Max Euwe

Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could be victorious…

— Max Euwe

I honestly feel very humble when I study Capablanca's games.

— Max Euwe

Capablanca did not apply himself to opening theory (in which he never therefore achieved much), but delved deeply into the study of end-games and…

— Max Euwe

Capablanca plays very superficially sometimes, in a way that can only be ascribed to lack of concentration. This is an integral weakness of his…

— Max Euwe

I don't write because of some rare talent. I write because I have a little voice inside of me that says really cool things…

— Todd Newton

I think Sammy Watkins is a rare talent.

— Rex Ryan

Men, generally going with the stream, seldom judge for themselves, and purity of taste is almost as rare as talent.

— Voltaire

Sterling is a rare talent but cultural icon? I'm not so sure.

— Simon Jordan

“A man didn’t specialize in mathematics because he had a rare talent for human relationships.”

— Anne McCaffrey

You can sing if you have a great voice, but to connect that instrument to the text and connect it to the subtext, what…

— Marc E. Platt