I see my own style as being a symbiosis of the styles of Alekhine, Tal and Fischer.
Interpretation
Garry Kasparov emphasizes the integration of influences from legendary chess players into his own style.
In this quote, Garry Kasparov illustrates how he synthesizes the unique styles of iconic chess champions Alekhine, Tal, and Fischer to form his own distinctive approach to the game. This reflects the idea that inspiration and adaptation from past masters can lead to personal growth and mastery in one's own craft.
In practice
In a speech about developing personal style, a teacher might quote Kasparov to encourage students to learn from others while creating their identity.
There is no one that can share your responsibility. It it is your responsibility you must carry it on and you must be responsible for your actions. At the end of the day we all are being challenged, sooner or later, by our destiny. And it's up to us to make all the difference in this life. If not you, who else?
Setbacks and losses are both inevitable and essential if you're going to improve and become a good, even great, competitor. The art is in avoiding catastrophic losses in the key battles.
Botvinnik tried to take the mystery out of Chess, always relating it to situations in ordinary life. He used to call chess a typical inexact problem similar to those which people are always having to solve in everyday life.
One does not succeed by sticking to convention. When your opponent can easily anticipate every move you make, your strategy deteriorates and becomes commoditized.
I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections.
I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.
Mike Forsberg's images give us bright openings onto a world. . . . Here on the Great Plains both people and trees and everything else are in some way shaped by wind and weather. This book, too, has been shaped by where it comes from, and that's just a part of its beauty.
Songs for me are like a message in a bottle. You send them out to the world, and maybe the person who you feel that way about will hear about it someday.
I believe that the reason why I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective. There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality.
I want to be as though newborn. To be almost primitive.
They ... asked me: 'How do you make your pictures?' I was puzzled ... I said, I don't know, it's not important.
Music is...the coordination between man and time.
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