The Paleolithic hunters who painted the unsurpassed animal murals on the ceiling of the cave at Altamira had only rudimentary tools. Art is older than production for use, and play older than work. Man was shaped less by what he had to do than by what he did in playful moments. It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities.
Quotes about playful (16 Quotes)
The whole point of Camp is to dethrone the serious. Camp is playful, anti-serious. More precisely, Camp involves a new, more complex relation to the serious. One can be serious about the frivolous, frivolous about the serious.
The puma is, with the exception of some monkeys, the most playful animal in existence.
I was familiar with her music, and I had complete faith in her ability. The piece is well-suited to the instrument. It exploits the many faces of the symphony lyrical, fanfare and playful. It is very approachable. I think the trombone community will embrace it. I will be very surprised if it doesn't get other performances.
Whem I'm playful I use the meridians and parallels of latitude for a seine, and drag the Atlantic Ocean for whales I scratch my head with the lightning and purr myself to sleep with the thunder.
His mind was like a volcano, full of fire and wealth, sometimes calm, often dazzling and playful, but ever threatening. It ran swift as the lightning from one subject to another, and occasionally burst forth in passionate throes of intellect, nearly allied to madness.
It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
The morn is up again, the dewy morn, with breath all incense, and with cheek all bloom, laughing the clouds away with playful scorn, And glowing into day.
Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.
My first album is playful.
Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts and only asks to be lived.
One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful.
She has this amazing ability to be someone who's in control, very serious, who could be very intimidating, but then could be incredibly playful and weird. She has these dual qualities, both in her life and in her work, which she can kind of slap on and off, and that's just hilarious.
It is in the nature of the New Yorker to be as topical as possible, on a level that is often small in scale and playful in intention.
You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self.
Stealth is the big playful summer roller coaster of a film, but there's a really interesting idea which is that the military, the navy is at the point where they are about to stop building airplanes that will be flown by human beings. From now on the fighter planes will be flown by computers.