Play Quote by Johan Huizinga

When the spirit of child's play enters into the creative process, it's a wonderful force and something to be nurtured.

— Joni Mitchell

The spirit of playful competition is, as a social impulse, older than culture itself and pervades all life like a veritable ferment. Ritual grew…

— Johan Huizinga

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

— Sarah Ruhl

The point is to develop the childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition and to guide the child over to important…

— Albert Einstein

The essence of childhood, of course, is play.

— Bill Cosby

Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood for it alone is the free expression of what is in a childs soul.”•…

— Friedrich Frobel

For since most of our living is unconscious, play is like matchstrokes in the void, bringing into light the structures we behave by, illuminating…

— Mary Caroline Richards

“Play is an expression of God's presence in the world; one clear sign of God's absence in society is the absence of playfulness and…

— Michael Yaconelli

Play is an expression of God's presence in the world; one clear sign of God's absence in society is the absence of playfulness and…

— Mike Yaconelli

“We must know the whole play in order to properly act our parts; the conception of totality must never be lost in that of…

— Kakuzō Okakura

“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 is a sacred thing, a divine ordinance, for developing in the child a harmonious and healthy organism, and preparing that organism for the…

— J. G. Holland