““Find something to do, go outside and play…””
PLAY QUOTES
HERE IS A Selection of WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT THE VALUES AND ESSENCE OF PLAY
“Play is not the activity but the attitude. It’s the mindset.”
— Darryl Edwards, Founder of the Primal Play Method“Ritual grew up in sacred play; poetry was born in play and nourished on play; music and dancing were pure play. We have to conclude, therefore, that civilisation in its earliest phases, played.”
— John Huizinga, Historian“People tend to forget that play is serious.”
— David Hockney, Painter“The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery.”
— Erik H. Erikson, Psychoanalyst“A child loves his play, not because it’s easy, but because it’s hard.”
— Benjamin Spock, Paediatrician“Play is training for the unexpected.”
— Marc Bekoff, Biologist“You can’t tell a kids that it’s time to exercise; that’s a turn-off-you have to say ‘Let’s go to the park and have some fun.’ Then you get them to do some running, play on the swings, practice on the balance beam, basically get a full workout disguised as play.”
— Arnold Schwarzenegger, Actor
RELATED: The 10 Top Benefits of Play“A lot is said about the serious by the fact that the most intelligent person around is almost always the most playful.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, Author“This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realise it is play.”
— Alan Watts, Author“It is a happy talent to know how to play.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essayist“Combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought.”
― Albert Einstein, Scientist“Genius is play, and man's capacity for achieving genius is infinite, and many may achieve genius only through play.”
― William Saroyan, Novelist“In play a child always behaves beyond his average age, above his daily behavior. In play it is as though he were a head taller than himself.”
— Lev Vygotsky, Psychologist“There is for many a poverty of play.”
—D.W. Winnicott, Paediatrician
“Let them play! The more they play, the more resilient and socially adept they will become.”
— Jessica Joelle Alexander, Author“It's hard to suck at something if you don't have a sense of play, and if you don't know how to play, you'll never suck at something.”
― Karen Rinaldi, Publisher“Total expression happens when you let go of everything including your inhibitions. So I encourage you to play, dance, and cook. Playing to have fun, not win.”
― Raju Ramanathan, Author“Play, while it cannot change the external realities of children’s lives, can be a vehicle for children to explore and enjoy their differences and similarities and to create, even for a brief time, a more just world where everyone is an equal and valued participant.”
— Patricia G. Ramsey, Educational psychologist“Play is hard to maintain as you get older. You get less playful. You shouldn’t, of course.”
— Richard Feynman, Physicist“Almost all creativity involves purposeful play.”
— Abraham Maslow, Psychologist“We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing.”
— Charles Schaefer, Psychologist
