One way to think about play, is as the process of finding new combinations for known things--combinations that may yield new formsof expression, new inventions, new discoveries, and new solutions....It's exactly what children's play seems to be about and explains why so many people have come to think that children's play is so important a part of childhood--and beyond.

You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor (ed. Penguin, 1995) - ISBN: 9781101161685