Mark Twain Quotes

What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it.

Working because you want to is the best sort of play.

What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it. . . . The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all. . . . When we talk about the great workers of the world we really mean the great players of the world.

The true object of human life is play.

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

I only do this because I'm having fun. The day I stop having fun, I'll just walk away.

I believe in the power of play.

I will act because I enjoy it.

Playing is the biggest thing there is.

Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.

With some people, that love of music is just buried in them. It's so deep in them that they would play for free because they have to.

Play is where life lives

Because when you love something, you want to do it all the time, even if no one is paying you for it. At least that's how I felt about drawing.

The ability to play is one of the principal criteria of mental health.

Most people spend their lives on their endeavors, and I get the privilege to have been doing this since I was five. I get to go play and have fun and entertain people.

At the time of writing, I don't write for my friends or myself either; I write for it, for the pleasure of it.

I still play music for the same reasons as when I first started; for the energy, the feeling, the interaction with others. Not for the money, ego or greed.

If you just work on stuff that you like and you're passionate about, you don't have to have a master plan with how things will play out.

Reading and writing... are exciting. The most exciting things I can think of. And now, as I reflect... I have to say that I've been lucky in that I'm amused by what I do - sufficiently amused.

I certainly never wanted to be a photographer to bore myself. It's no fun - life is too short.

Now it is characteristic of play that one plays without reason and there must be no reason for it. Play is its own good reason.

I Play When I Want to Play.

One more thing: don't spend too much time merely reading. The best part of this work is the play, so play and enjoy!

Life is more fun if you play games.

Don't do anything that isn't play