"Play isn't you being clever, or finding a trick, or finding a way of covering over your own misery, or persuading someone to do what you want. It's the process of working with the materials that you find and discovering what's possible with them."

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Ian Bogost

#Clever Quotes #Play Quotes #Over You Quotes

“Art is not a thing; it is a way.”
“It occurred to me when I was thirteen and wearing white gloves and Mary Janes and going to dancing school, that no one should have to dance backward all their lives.”
“What's agitating about solitude is the inner voice telling you that you should be mated to somebody, that solitude is a mistake. The inner voice doesn't care about who you find. It just keeps pestering you, tormenting you--if you happen to be me--with homecoming queens first, then girls next door, and finally anybody who might be pleased to see you now and then at the dinner table and in bed on occasion. You look up from reading the newspaper and realize that no one loves you, and no one burns for you.”
“I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn't have paid for me.”
“What is it about wearing a tuxedo or that little black dress, that makes us feel confident, beautiful, splendid, even invincible? We put on formal wear and suddenly we become extraordinary. On the days when you feel low and invisible, why not try this on for size: imagine you are wearing a fantastic tailored tuxedo or a stunning formal gown. And then proceed with your day.”
“Having the USDA design your food pyramid is like having Al Capone do your taxes.”
“Modesty is the way you deal with beauty not the way you avoid it.”
“I take pleasure as a reader in books that tease with a kind of urgency of the real, even if it's only a manufactured effect.”

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