Alice Temperley Quotes

Playing dress up begins at age 5 and never really ends.

I always knew I wanted to create. I used to sit in my room for hours drawing and making things. I once got into trouble for cutting up my mother's lampshades to make a dress. I was three.

As a kid, I remember taking apart whatever I could get my hands on.

I could always flip between emotions and be available to suddenly do something new. I think it's a part of playing, and you hang onto it when you're a kid.

Spontaneity, the hallmark of childhood, is well worth cultivating to counteract the rigidity that may otherwise set in as we grow older.

I had this wild imagination. I was never me. All my childhood photos, I'm in fancy dress, playing a Russian refuge or Marvelous Mad Madam Mim.

Even though you're growing up, you should never stop having fun.

I was the kid who was drawing on tables or removing the legs of furniture.

As a kid I was creative.

As a kid, I was mischievous, necessarily, but I always wanted to do adventurous stuff.

I didn't have anyone to play with so I made up my own world.

Kids can amuse themselves with almost anything.

I remember doing my mosaics or being in my little hiding place behind the couch snooping. I'd get bored sometimes, of course, but I think that's good for a kid, because it forces you to be creative.

Sometimes random things that you wouldn't think mean anything mean so much to them. With kids, you can say, 'Let's go pick some flowers' or 'There's a snail. Let's investigate that.'

When I was a little kid, I loved imagining things. I'd go outside and put on a cape and just imagine I was somebody else.

It's always fun to play dress up.

Children live in a world filled with possibilities. Their thoughts roam without boundaries, like dreams – full of images, places and actions. Unlike adults, they can’t temper their imaginations with experience. So, when a child plays with a toy or reads a story, it becomes an adventure, a new reality to them.

When you're a kid, you should be a kid.

I grew up in Greeley, Colorado, in a house without a television set. I was a very nerdy kid: I used to play 'astronaut' and eat bouillon as astronaut food. We also had tons of books.

Children haven't changed - the world around them has. Their basic natures haven't changed. They like ice creams. They like to have fun, play games if they get space.

I was very physical as a child - we lived on a smallholding, and I was always outside making mud pies or building structures up trees.

When I was 15, I still liked climbing trees and hiding in cupboards.

There's nothing like young children's energy... They are always curious, and enthusiastic about many different things.

Some kids don't want to be organized all the time. They want to let their imaginations run; they want to see where a stream of water takes them.

We should always do something that makes us feel like a child again. Keep learning, no matter what it is.