Akiba Rubinstein quotes

Akiba Rubinstein quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Who is your opponent tonight, tonight I am playing against the Black pieces”
-- Akiba Rubinstein

#Black Quotes #Pieces Quotes #Opponents Quotes

“Mainstream medias representation, or its guerrilla decontextualization, of black mens lives in particular can set the stage for erroneous assumptions capable of damaging an individual or a nation.”
“There is a black which is old and a black which is fresh. Lustrous black and dull black, black in sunlight and black in shadow.”

Source : Ad Reinhardt, Barbara Rose (1991). “Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt”, p.86, Univ of California Press
“Women are so perverse. Look how they won't wear black when nothing suits them so well!”

Source : Ada Leverson (1907). “The Twelfth Hour”
“The only difference is now more young black men are in the spotlight.”
“The melody is generally what the piece is all about.”
“I'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere.”
“Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than ourselves.”
“The day I take either my body or my work for granted will be the day you hear that I've smashed every inch of myself to pieces.”
“I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else”
“You must not let your opponent know how you feel.”

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