Play is a child’s natural medium for self-expression. Virginia Axline

You see a child play, and it is so close to seeing an artist paint, for in play a child says things without uttering a word. You can see how he solves his problems. You can also see what’s wrong. Young children, especially, have enormous creativity, and whatever’s in them rises to the surface in free play. Erik Erikson

Toys are children’s words and play is their language. Garry Landreth

Play is the exultation of the possible. Martin Buber

Play is the highest form of research. Albert Einstein

We don’t stop playing because we grow old… We grow old because we stop playing. George Bernard Shaw

A child’s greatest achievements are possible in play, achievements that tomorrow will become her basic level of real action. Lev Vygotsky

Play is our brain’s favourite way of learning. Diane Ackerman

It is easier to build strong children then to repair broken men. Frederick Douglass

Play is the work of childhood. Jean Piaget

In play, a child is always above his average age, above his daily behaviour; in play, it is as though he were a head taller than himself. Lev Vygotsky

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood. Fred Rogers

Almost all creativity involves purposeful play. Abraham Maslow