About this quote

People who live strictly by rules and spreadsheets often feel threatened by wild, unconventional ideas. Fantasy and play force us to look at reality from a different angle, which terrifies anyone who needs absolute control. When someone mocks your creative projects or weird hobbies, they are usually just showing their own mental limits. Do not shrink your world to make them comfortable. Keep building your strange worlds and let them stay mad.

When to use it

• Recall this when a manager gets angry at your creative marketing pitch because they cannot find a past template to copy.
• Think of this when your pragmatic relative rolls their eyes at your tabletop gaming hobby and tells you to get a real pastime.
• Use this to stay sane when a classmate complains that an open-ended art assignment lacks a rigid step-by-step checklist.