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> [“and engage fully with the world. I don’t think it is too much to say that play can save your life. It certainly has salvaged mine. Life without play is a grinding, mechanical existence organized around doing the things necessary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-brown/and-engage-fully-with-the-world-i-don-t-think-it-is-too-much-to-say/)

[Stuart Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-brown/)

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## More by Stuart Brown

> [“Of all animal species, humans are the biggest players of all. We are built to play and built through play. When we play, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-brown/of-all-animal-species-humans-are-the-biggest-players-of-all-we-are/)

[Stuart Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-brown/)

> [“he had been trying for years to get his graduate students to use such playful investigation rather than rote learning and mechanical thinking in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-brown/he-had-been-trying-for-years-to-get-his-graduate-students-to-use-such/)

[Stuart Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-brown/)

> [“What Laurel discovered through experience, the JPL managers discovered through research: there is a kind of magic in play. What might seem like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-brown/what-laurel-discovered-through-experience-the-jpl-managers-discovered/)

[Stuart Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-brown/)

> [“I have gathered and analyzed thousands of case studies that I call play histories. I have found that remembering what play is all about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-brown/i-have-gathered-and-analyzed-thousands-of-case-studies-that-i-call/)

[Stuart Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-brown/)

> [“I have gathered and analyzed thousands of case studies that I call play histories. I have found that remembering what play is all about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-brown/i-have-gathered-and-analyzed-thousands-of-case-studies-that-i-call-2/)

[Stuart Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-brown/)

> [“At some offices, play is becoming increasingly recognized as an important component of success. And I’m not just talking about Ping-Pong tables in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-brown/at-some-offices-play-is-becoming-increasingly-recognized-as-an/)

[Stuart Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-brown/)

> [“The truth is that play seems to be one of the most advanced methods nature has invented to allow a complex brain to create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-brown/the-truth-is-that-play-seems-to-be-one-of-the-most-advanced-methods/)

[Stuart Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-brown/)

> [“and engage fully with the world. I don’t think it is too much to say that play can save your life. It certainly has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-brown/and-engage-fully-with-the-world-i-don-t-think-it-is-too-much-to-say/)

[Stuart Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-brown/)

> [“When we stop playing, we start dying.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-brown/when-we-stop-playing-we-start-dying/)

[Stuart Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-brown/)

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