Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Quote by Roger Von Oech

Topics: Necessity Quotes

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If...

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If...

If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea...

If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea...

Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind...

Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind...

There is a close relationship between the ha-ha of humor and the aha! of discovery.

There is a close relationship between the ha-ha of humor and the aha! of discovery.

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If...

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If...

Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't...

Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't...

Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of...

Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of...

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to...

Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to...

It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of...

It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of...

It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.

It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.

If you don't execute your ideas, they die.

If you don't execute your ideas, they die.

Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else...

Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else...

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

Necessity is the argument of tyrants, it is the creed of slaves.

Necessity is the argument of tyrants, it is the creed of slaves.

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...

They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and when the necessity is survival...

They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and when the necessity is survival...

Comes over one an absolute necessity to move. And what is more, to move in...

Comes over one an absolute necessity to move. And what is more, to move in...

Any biographer must of necessity become a pilgrim a peripatetic, obsessed literary pilgrim, a traveler...

Any biographer must of necessity become a pilgrim a peripatetic, obsessed literary pilgrim, a traveler...

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of...

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of...