Innovation is applied creativity. By definition, innovation is always about introducing something new, or improved, or both and it is usually assumed… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
You can't be a creative thinker if you're not stimulating your mind, just as you can't be an Olympic athlete if you… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Teaching for creativity involves teaching creatively. There are three related tasks in teaching for creativity: encouraging, identifying and fostering. — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
The first task in teaching for creativity in any field is to encourage people to believe in their creative potential and to… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Many highly talented, brilliant, creative people think they’re not — because the thing they were good at at school wasn’t valued, or… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
I believe this passionately: that we don't grow into creativity, we grow out of it. Or rather, we get educated out if… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Creativity, as I see it, is the process of putting your imagination to work. It's been defined rather simply as applied imagination.… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
There's a wealth of talent that lies in all of us. All of us, including those who work in schools, must nurture… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
You can't just give someone a creativity injection. You have to create an environment for curiosity and a way to encourage people… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Teaching for creativity aims to encourage self-confidence, independence of mind, and the capacity to think for oneself. — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
All children start their school careers with sparkling imaginations, fertile minds, and a willingness to take risks with what they think, — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value - more often than not, comes about through the interaction of… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
“Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” — Ken Robinson Copy Share
“As humanity becomes more numerous and interwoven, living respectfully with diversity is not just an ethical choice, it is a practical imperative. There” — Ken Robinson Copy Share
In a world where lifelong employment in the same job is a thing of the past, creativity is not a luxury. It is essential… — Ken Robinson Copy Share
“For most of us the problem isn’t that we aim too high and fail - it’s just the opposite - we aim too low… — Ken Robinson Copy Share
Very often, organizations are inflexible because there is too little communication between functions; they are too segregated. — Ken Robinson Copy Share
Every education system on Earth has the same hierarchy of subjects: at the top are mathematics and languages, then the humanities, and the bottom… — Ken Robinson Copy Share
“We are all born with extraordinary powers of imagination, intelligence, feeling, intuition, spirituality, and of physical and sensory awareness. (p.9)” — Ken Robinson Copy Share
You create your life, and you can recreate it, too. In times of economic downturn and uncertainty, it's more important than ever to look… — Ken Robinson Copy Share
“I asked a professor of nanotechnology what they use to measure the unthinkable small distances of nanospace? He said it was the nanometre. This… — Ken Robinson Copy Share
We need to eliminate the existing hierarchy of subjects. Elevating some disciplines over others only reinforces outmoded assumptions of industrialism and offends the principle… — Ken Robinson Copy Share
Too many people never connect with their true talents and therefore don't know what they are capable of achieving. — Ken Robinson Copy Share
You can't just give someone a creativity injection. You have to create an environment for curiosity and a way to encourage people and get… — Ken Robinson Copy Share
The fact is that given the challenges we face, education doesn't need to be reformed -- it needs to be transformed. The key to… — Ken Robinson Copy Share
Private imaginings may have no outcomes in the world at all. Creativity does. Being creative involves doing something. — Ken Robinson Copy Share
“Public schools were not only created in the interests of industrialism—they were created in the image of industrialism. In many ways, they reflect the… — Ken Robinson Copy Share
