Instinct Quote by Karl Groos

“Hunger, safety, & social attachment seem to be more important than play. If an animal is hungry, stressed or lonely, he is unlikely to play.”

— Jennifer Arnold

“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

“To play is, in some sense, actively to make your own fun. Players are entertaining themselves, whether the play is peekaboo, cards, tennis, or…

— D. Brent Laytham

“Receiving a role in a play is like receiving amnesia...you don't truly know who you are until you start thinking.”

— Nicholas Boegel

“You wanted to play, baby." Soft words that had her freezing in place. "So we'll play.”

— nalini singh

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

a really good play is ambiguous - which is exactly why it endures. Every succeeding generation develops theories about it. The play's words provide…

— Glenda Jackson

“Sometimes we do not know what role we play until it is thrust upon us and we can only then do our best to…

— Shannon Delany

“If you are not fully in the game you are playing, however, you are not truly playing it.”

— J.M. Coetzee

“Consider and then act, don't react. A worthy opponent will calculate his move to entice a response from you. Make your own play.”

— R.D. Ronald

“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

A play, after all, is a mystery. There's no narration. And as soon as there's no narration, it's open to interpretation. It must be…

— Mike Nichols