Vladimir Kramnik Quotes

I move my face so much, because I'm very much expressive.

Air and manners are more expressive than words.

You can almost read any emotion through someone's eyes.

Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.

When you perform, you can convey emotions differently, and your look can reflect each of those emotions.

I love body language.

There's something about studying body language and non-spoken emotion - I know the innate response. But to really study it like a science would be fun.

Emotions often must be portrayed from an inner feeling, of course, but I had a double advantage because I was learning to direct my as-yet expressionless feelings as well as gaining an ability to express emotion by a very conscious manipulation of my muscles.

I think you can actually express a lot more in ways without words.

You can tell a lot about a person just by watching their facial expressions. But there are times when it's best to hide your feelings, especially at work.

I love communicating non-verbally. I find great value in it.

You don't need words to express feelings.

A character is as much about what you do as what you say.

I'm insatiably curious about human nature.

I don't always know how to communicate. I think I get a bit unfiltered and a bit strange to people.

You can convey a lot of emotion with just some eyebrows and mouth movement.

When someone's acting for a scene, they can fool the camera. But in everyday life, unless you're watching and censoring yourself every minute, or spending all your time in the company of ladies, what you feel is bound to show in your eyes.

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

Your temperament is what you write with, but it's also how you deal with the world.

I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.

I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.

If you interview people or friends who work with me, they would say I'm private or internal or don't emote a lot. Yet I do it every day for 10 million people. I just don't do it for the 30 people I'm in the room with.

Nonverbal communication forms a social language that is in many ways richer and more fundamental than our words.

You can't express emotion without giving information.

I always start out saying exactly what everybody looks like. I don't know why.