Art is both creation and recreation. Of the two ideas, I think art as recreation or as sheer play of the human spirit is more important.
Lin YutangWe all have obligations and duties toward our fellow men. But it does seem curious enough that in modern neurotic society, men's energies are consumed in making a living and rarely in living itself. It takes a lot of courage for a man to declare, with clarity and simplicity, that the purpose of life is to enjoy it.
Lin Yutang