“In a Game Community, the rules and officials decide if the players are good enough to play. If not, they change players. In a Play Community, the players decide if the game is fun enough to play. If not, they change rules.” IfsEnoughPlayGamesFunCommunityPlayerOfficialsGood Enough Author:Bernie De Koven
“The space of play and the space of thought are the two theaters of freedom.” TwoPlayFunSpaceTheater Author:Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
“Creativity is about play and a kind of willingness to go with your intuition. It's crucial to an artist. If you know where you are going and what you are going to do, why do it? I think I learned that from the artists, from my grandmother, from all the creative people I've spent time with over the years.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsYearsKindPlayArtistFunCreativityCreativeIntuitionGrandmotherWillingnessWhere You AreCrucialMy GrandmotherCreative PeopleWhere You Are Going Author:Frank Gehry
“Take it easy baby, take it as it comes - specialize in having fun!” FunEasyBabyHaving FunTake It Easy Author:Jim Morrison
“You go for it. All the stops are out. Caution is to the wind, and you're battling with everything you have. That's the real fun of the game.” RealSuccessGamesFunSportsWindCaution Author:Dan Dierdorf
“One of the big changes in politics has been because families, individuals, have felt worried, insecure... worried about the economy, worried about their jobs, worried about their kids' futures... actually the disconnect between the public and media discourse and people's everyday concerns has become bigger not smaller.” PeopleHas BeensBigsKidsJobsIndividualFeltEconomyMediaConcernBiggerEverydayWorriedDiscourseInsecureBig Changes Author:Nick Clegg
“Frances Stevens: Mother, this is why I've had to spend half my life running around the world after youto keep men like this away from you. Mrs. Stevens: Well after this, let me run my own interference. It looks like the blockers are having all the fun.” MenWorldWellsLooksRunningMotherFunMy OwnHalfLet MeAround The WorldFranceInterferenceAway From You Author:John Michael Hayes
“... there is ... a big aspect of play in writing novels, and making the story more and more elaborate is just more and more fun.” WritingPlayStoriesBigsFunNovelAspect Author:Gish Jen
“I'm in favor of an art that does something other than just sit on its ass in a museum.” DoeArtFunFavorsAssMuseums Author:Claes Oldenburg
“One will only be free when one plays and one's society will become a piece of art". - Herbert Marcuse "Play is a phenomenon of nature and has directed the course of the world from the beginning of time: the formation of matter, its organization into living structures as well as the social behavior of man.” MenWorldWellsArtMatterPlayCoursesFunSocialPiecesBehaviorOrganizationStructurePhenomenonFormationSocial Behavior Author:Manfred Eigen