We all need empty hours in our lives or we will have no time to create or dream.

Coles’s line argues that unstructured time is not a luxury but a prerequisite for imagination. “Empty hours” suggests intervals free from tasks, noise, and constant productivity—spaces in which the mind can wander, notice, and make unexpected connections. The warning (“or we will have no time”) frames busyness as a threat to inner life: when every hour is scheduled, creativity and dreaming are crowded out. The quote also implies a moral or psychological claim: humans need pauses to remain fully human, not merely efficient. In this sense, it reads as a critique of modern overwork and a defense of contemplative idleness as the soil from which art, insight, and future possibilities grow.