Toy/invention

Famous quotes containing the words toy and/or invention:

    “The world of men show like a comedy without laughter: populations, interests, government, history; ‘t is all toy figures in a toy house.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    ““Art” is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers.... What we call art is a game.”
    —Octavio Paz (b. 1914)