Top 26 Quotes by Brian Sutton-Smith

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These are some quotes by American author Brian Sutton-Smith Psychologist.

I keep trying to understand the phenomenon of why adults are so literal when children are so imaginative. Toys are a caricature of reality.

I keep trying to understand the phenomenon of why adults are so literal when children are so imaginative. Toys are a caricature of reality.

Brian Sutton-Smith

I feel playful aggression is important for children because they have to deal with all kinds of anger and aggression in their lives.

I feel playful aggression is important for children because they have to deal with all kinds of anger and aggression in their lives.

Brian Sutton-Smith

Forget about teaching the children about numbers and colors and the like, and just play with them.

Forget about teaching the children about numbers and colors and the like, and just play with them.

Brian Sutton-Smith

The kid who can play imaginatively doesn't tend to be violent. It's the same with adults.

The kid who can play imaginatively doesn't tend to be violent. It's the same with adults.

Brian Sutton-Smith

If you are going to take away war toys, then what are you to replace them with? Children need to feel courageous, brave, and assertive. They need to feel strong; that is the purpose of their play.

If you are going to take away war toys, then what are you to replace them with? Children need to feel courageous, brave, and assertive. They need to feel strong; that is the purpose of their play.

Brian Sutton-Smith

People who play are happier people. And people who don't have access to play tend to be depressed.

People who play are happier people. And people who don't have access to play tend to be depressed.

Brian Sutton-Smith

One thinks of toys and play as an area of great novelty and potentiality where all sorts of responses can be developed. The fact that adults are allowing their imaginations to have activity through toy kinds of objects is a further reflection of the belief in the imagination of the adult mind.

Brian Sutton-Smith

Research has shown that children who play often both solitarily and socially become more creative and imaginative than those whose exposure to play and toys is limited.

Research has shown that children who play often both solitarily and socially become more creative and imaginative than those whose exposure to play and toys is limited.

Brian Sutton-Smith

What many teachers observe as violent behavior is often really just playful aggression.

What many teachers observe as violent behavior is often really just playful aggression.

Brian Sutton-Smith

The connections in the brain fade away unless used. We know that early stimulation of children leads to higher cognitive scores.

The connections in the brain fade away unless used. We know that early stimulation of children leads to higher cognitive scores.

Brian Sutton-Smith

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