Hands-On Activity Quotes

I like working with my hands, need to do that more often.

An adult who does not understand that a child needs to use his hands and does not recognize this as the first manifestation of an instinct for work can be an obstacle to the child's development

I like manual things, doing things with my hands, the feeling of touching.

The principal agent is the object itself and not the instruction given by the teacher. It is the child who uses the objects; it is the child who is active, and not the teacher.

Yeah, the majority of Brit+Co users are women, but DIY? You see kids DIY, adult men geeking out hardcore with anything related to woodworking and all these cool new technologies, metalwork, leatherworking, concrete making. Everyone has a passion. I truly believe it's in our DNA literally to build things.

I like to make things. It's been part of my identity since I was a kid.

If I have the option, I always read the paper or a book or something I can touch and destroy in my own hands.

I like making things. I don't like getting my picture taken.

I like to just make things... If I have the TV on, I'm not just going to sit there. I want to do something with my hands; I've always got a project. Or I get a small group of people over, and I say, 'Let's make these things today.'

I like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process.

I like doing clay work. It's different from drawing on a page because you have something to mold into different shapes. It's quite visual, it's a thing you can hold and feel, and that makes it different from drawing.

Books are the key. A book cannot be accessed from afar. You have to hold it, you have to read it.

You can only generate ideas when you put pencil to paper, brush to canvas... when you actually do something physical.

I enjoy working on anything mechanical.