Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way.

Ik ken het verschil niet tussen een dt-fout en een fout tegen de tussen-n-regel.

I’d rather die than change the way I look at life.

Memorize opening variations, endgame techniques, combinations, ideas, even whole games if you can, but not rules and dogma.

When the music stops, in terms of liquidity, things will be complicated. But as long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance. We’re still dancing.