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

-- Vasily Smyslov

#Art Quotes #Creativity Quotes #Chess Quotes

“There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic. Force or persuasion. Those who know that they cannot win by means of logic, have always resorted to guns.”
“The other day I got out the shower and I bend down to reach for a towel, and I felt a sharp pain in my chest. Shot through my chest and up around my shoulder and down my spine. I thought 'Oh, Lord.' I thought I was dying. I bent over and looked, and I was standing on my own titty.”
“Sometimes I think Texas exists as a reality check for those who might wander too far toward the precious.”
“Like the bodies of dancers or athletes, the minds of readers are genuinely happy and self-possessed only when cavorting around, doing their stretches and leaps and jumps to the tune of words.”

Source : FaceBook post by Lynne Sharon Schwartz from Oct 22, 2014
“I'm 41 now and the right knee has got a bit of a twinge in it. I get about the stage a little less now.”
“I always quit while I am still inspired, while I could still write more. Never let the thread run all the way out.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Progress is possible only if we train ourselves to think about programs without thinking of them as pieces of executable code.”
“You build movements and keep people in a struggle when it feels productive. Anti-capitalists have typically been the people in movements who have declared every gain to be a trick of the capitalist class to buy us off. That line isn't very inspiring, and it shows no sensitivity to how social movements actually succeed.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org

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