Quote by D. Brent Laytham

“To be in “play” in this way is one of our concerns to be able to escape self-conscious, intentional activity for comfortable, often purposeless…

— Fernando Flores

“When an activity is done to win, to advance, to achieve—even if it’s “fun” to do so—it’s not play. It may be a wonderful…

— Bill Burnett

To play is to listen to the imperative inner force that wants to take form and be acted out without reason. It is the…

— Michele Cassou

Play is a subset of voluntary behaviour involving a selective mechanism which reverses the usual contingencies of power so as to permit the subject…

— Brian Sutton-Smith

“You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play. It's the playing that's irresistible.”

— Jeanette Winterson

“this is life and all there is of life; to play the game, to play the cards we get; play them uncomplainingly and play…

— Clarence Darrow

“to have fun do things and play with my friends”

— deacon

“Play is primal. It’s not a frivolous pastime—it’s a radical act of reclaiming joy and creativity in a world that often feels too serious.”

— Ken Breniman

“Play hard. Play, play, play like your life depends on it. Because it does.”

— Dean Koontz

Play is this process of operating the world, of manipulating things. It's related to experimentation, and it's related to pleasure, but not defined by…

— Ian Bogost

“Play itself is a primary process, not a luxury, not a hobby, but something all children must do to survive into adulthood.”

— Sarah Ruhl

“All play means something.”

— Johan Huizinga