This book is dedicated to the artists who made it. Thank you for your generosity. Published by: A ustin, TX www.CharlieHoehn.com © 2017 Charlie Hoehn All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S copyright law. For permissions contact: [email protected] Cover/Interior by Erin Tyler Design ISBN: 978-0-9903548-5-7 INTROD UCTION All humans love to play, and so all of us are capable of great work. Play is the reason we have music, storytelling, comedy, art, and tools. Play is who we are. When we tack- le our work with the spirit of play, our creativity and passion soar. Play is the secret o you work because you have to, or because you want to? ingredient that keeps the process fun, so work doesn’t feel like such a grind. Play is the diference between “I’m just doing my job” and “I LOVE my job.” For most people, work is an obligation. Jobs are a means to pay the bills, and that’s it. Te work itself is serious, boring, or mean- Te spirit of play is embodied in this book. All 75 portraits were submitted by tal- ingless. We look forward to Friday nights, and dream of early re- ented artists, from all over the world, for free. (You can learn more about them in Dtirement. Our escape from the rat race. the appendix). And yet, there is another path. A better way to work. If our greatest heroes chose to play for a living, why don’t we? Tat’s what this book is about. Some of the greatest minds who ever lived, the people who shaped our cultures, and made our world a better place… A ustin, Texas Tey chose to play for a living. Not only did they have a ton of fun at work, they were also hugely successful. As Mark Twain observed: “When we talk about the great workers of the world, we really mean the great players of the world.” When we talk about the great workers of the world, we really mean the great players of the world. ~ MARK TWAIN 9 I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all fun. ~ THOMAS EDISON 11 Play is the highest form of research. ~ ALBERT EINSTEIN 13 Te only way to do great work is to love what you do. ~ STEVE JOBS 15 I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It’s totally for myself. ~ J.K. ROWLING 17 I dream for a living. ~ STEVEN SPIELBERG 19 I always try to create new experiences that are fun to play. ~ SHIGERU MIYAMOTO 21 I found child’s play was the stuf I liked to do, so I still do it as an adult. ~ MATT GROENING 23 Te debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable. ~ CARL JUNG 25 Te Beatles saved the world from boredom. ~ GEORGE HARRISON 27 We believed in our idea: a family park where parents and children could have fun, together. ~ WALT DISNEY 29 I do what I do because of Walt Disney. Goofy. Mickey Mouse. I never forgot how their flms entertained me. ~ JOHN LASSETER 31 Play is the highest form of human activity. ~ FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE 33 Te goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can play. ~ ARTHUR C. CLARKE 35 Once we realize that the bound- aries between work and play are artifcial, we can take matters in hand and begin the difcult task of making life more livable. ~ MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI 37 Take the job you would take if you were independently wealthy. You’re going to do well at it. ~ WARREN BUFFETT 39 I don’t care about money. ~ LADY GAGA 41 I don’t do anything for the money. ~ RICKY GERVAIS 43 If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago. ~ LARRY PAGE 45 Ever since I stopped worrying about fnances, I’ve made more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. ~ BRYAN CRANSTON 47 I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I’ve become. ~ OPRAH WINFREY 49 Every child is an artist. Te problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ~ PICASSO 51 I loved to make people laugh in high school, and then I found I loved being on stage in front of people. ~ STEVE MARTIN 53 Te most honest form of flmmaking is to make a flm for yourself. ~ PETER JACKSON 55 When I’m making a flm, I’m the audience. ~ MARTIN SCORSESE 57 I don’t know how much value I have in this universe, but I do know that I’ve made a few people happier than they would have been without me. As long as I know that, I’m as rich as I ever need to be. ~ ROBIN WILLIAMS 59 I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play. ~ ELVIS PRESLEY 61 When the kids are laughing, I tear up. I’m so happy I did a nice thing. ~ ADAM SANDLER 63 I think the scariest person in the world is the person with no sense of humor. ~ MICHAEL J. FOX 65 If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide. ~ MAHATMA GANDHI 67 A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men. ~ ROALD DAHL 69 Te opposite of play is not work, it’s depression. ~ STUART BROWN 71 My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh. ~ JIM CARREY 73 In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play. ~ FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE 75 It is a happy talent to know how to play. ~ RALPH WALDO EMERSON 77 When you work with people whom you like and you admire because they’re so good at what they do, it doesn’t feel like work. It’s like you’re playing. ~ STAN LEE 79 Te greatest thing about being a comedian is knowing other comedians. And you get to talk to them. It’s the most fun. ~ JERRY SEINFELD 81 Fun is good. ~ DR. SEUSS 83 People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. ~ DALE CARNEGIE 85 Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price. ~ AMELIA EARHART 87 Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun. ~ RANDY PAUSCH 89 I realized the more fun I had, the better I did. ~ BILL MURRAY 91 I think that success is having fun. ~ BRUNO MARS 93 I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun. ~ KATHARINE HEPBURN 95 I started playing when I was 13 to have fun with my teammates, and that never stopped. I enjoy traveling and having fun in the locker room with the guys. Life is too short to be miserable. ~ DIRK NOWITZKI 97 When you have fun, you can do amazing things. ~ JOE NAMATH 99 Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun. ~ LINUS TORVALDS 101 As a rock star, I have two instincts: I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. ~ BONO 103 My motto is more good times. ~ JACK NICHOLSON 105 Have as much fun as you can, because in the blink of an eye we’ll all be gone. ~ JAMIE FOXX 107 I only do this because I’m having fun. ~ HEATH LEDGER 109 When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game. ~ JOE DIMAGGIO 111 When work is soulless, life stifes and dies. ~ ALBERT CAMUS 113 Humanity has advanced not because it has been sober, respon- sible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature. ~ TOM ROBBINS 115 Tis generation is the least racist generation ever. Everywhere you go, people are listening to hip- hop and partying together. ~ JAY-Z 117 Imagination will ofen carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere. ~ CARL SAGAN 119 Te imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself. ~ WILLIAM BLAKE 121 Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question, ‘Is this real, or is this just a ride?’ And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and they say, ‘Hey, don’t wor- ry; don’t be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride.’ ~ BILL HICKS 123 My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I’m happy. I can’t fgure it out. What am I doing right? ~ CHARLES SCHULZ 125 A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants. ~ BOB DYLAN 127 A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both. ~ FRANCOIS-RENE DE CHATEAUBRIAND 129 I was early taught to work as well as play.