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.
We (the Chinese) eat food for its texture, the elastic or crisp effect it has on our teeth, as well as for fragrance, flavor and color.
An educated man is one who has the loves and hatreds together.
Such is human psychology that if we don't express our joy, we soon cease to feel it.
Art is both creation and recreation.
On the whole, the enjoyment of leisure is something which decidedly costs less than the enjoyment of luxury. All it requires is an artistic temperament which is bent on seeking a perfectly useless afternoon spent in a perfectly useless manner.