"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."
Plato
Greek philosopher, 427-347 BCE
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Previous Play Quotes |
"Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play."
Heraclitus, Greek philosopher, 535-475 BCE |
"Play has been man’s most useful preoccupation."
Frank Caplan, Contemporary American author
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"Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold."
Joseph Chilton Pearce, Contemporary American scholar |
"Deep meaning lies often in childish play."
Johann Friedrich von Schiller, German poet, 1759-1805 |
"Do not…keep children to their studies by compulsion but by play."
Plato, Greeek Philosopher, 427-347 BCE |
"Children need the freedom and time to play.
Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity."
Kay Redfield Jamison, American Professor of psychiatry
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"Play keeps us fit physically and mentally."
Stuart Brown, M.D., American Psychiatrist
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"Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father."
Roger von Oech, American creativity guru
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"Whoever wants to understand much must play much."
Gottfried Benn, German Physician, (1886-1956)
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"Play is our brain's favorite way of learning."
Diane Ackerman, American Author |
"Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning."
Fred Rogers |
"Almost all creativity involves purposeful play."
Abraham Maslow, American Psychologist
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"It is a happy talent to know how to play."
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
“In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.”
Ovid, Roman poet
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“Almost all creativity involves purposeful play.”
Abraham Maslow, American psychologist
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"Play fosters belonging and encourages cooperation."
Stuart Brown, M.D., Contemporary American psychiatrist
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