What you do for yourself dies with you when you leave this world, what you do for others lives on forever. — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Being creative is at the heart of being human and of all cultural progress. — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Children are wonderfully confident in their own imaginations. Most of us lose this confidence as we grow up. — Ken Robinson Child Copy Share Image
“Civilization is a race between education and catastrophe.” — Ken Robinson Catastrophe Copy Share Image
Being wrong doesn't mean being creative - but if you aren't afraid of being wrong, you can't be creative. — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Everyday, everywhere our children spread their dreams beneath our feet and we should tread softly. — Ken Robinson Children Copy Share Image
If you can light the spark of curiosity in a child, they will learn without any further assistance. — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
“Being in your element is not only about aptitude, it’s about passion: it is about loving what you do.” — Ken Robinson Aptitude Copy Share Image
You can be creative in anything - in math, science, engineering, philosophy - as much as you can in music or in… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
“For most of us the problem isn’t that we aim too high and fail - it’s just the opposite - we aim… — Ken Robinson Aim high Copy Share Image
Finding your element is essential to your wellbeing and ultimate success and, by implication to the health of our organisations and the… — Ken Robinson Education Copy Share Image
“Our schools have a doubly hard task, not just improving reading, writing and arithmetic but entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity.” — Ken Robinson Creativity Copy Share Image
“We are all born with extraordinary powers of imagination, intelligence, feeling, intuition, spirituality, and of physical and sensory awareness. (p.9)” — Ken Robinson Inspirational Copy Share Image
Human resources are like natural resources; they're often buried deep. You have to go looking for them; they're not just lying around… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
“For example, “the richest Americans, those earning more than $ 10 million annually, reported levels of personal happiness only slightly greater than… — Ken Robinson Happiness Copy Share Image
I believe our only hope for the future is to adopt a new conception of human ecology, one in which we start… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
We need to eliminate the existing hierarchy of subjects. Elevating some disciplines over others only reinforces outmoded assumptions of industrialism and offends… — Ken Robinson Art Copy Share Image
“If you design a system to do something specific, don't be surprised if it does it. If you run an education system… — Ken Robinson Conformity Copy Share Image
Now the problem with standardized tests is that it's based on the mistake that we can simply scale up the education of… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Some dreams truly are 'impossible dreams.' However, many aren't. Knowing the difference is often one of the first steps to finding your… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
One of the strongest signs of being in the zone is a sense of freedom and of authenticity. When we are doing… — Ken Robinson Authenticity Copy Share Image
“Being in your Element is about connecting with and dwelling in the positive feelings that express and fulfill your own spiritual energies.… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Creativity is very much like literacy. We take it for granted that nearly everybody can learn to read and write. If a… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
When my son, James, was doing homework for school, he would have five or six windows open on his computer, Instant Messenger… — Ken Robinson Care Copy Share Image
“The one that we’re involved with is that kids are natural learners. That’s the paradigm we know is true, and modern brain… — Ken Robinson Education Copy Share Image
If my wife is cooking a meal at home, which is not often, thankfully, but you know, she's doing (oh, she's good… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Now, I don't mean to say that being wrong is the same thing as being creative. What we do know is, if… — Ken Robinson Adults Copy Share Image
“Outside of school, though, we were often defined by our disabilities. We were “handicapped”—a bit like a species. Often when people have… — Ken Robinson Disabilities Copy Share Image
“Richard Felder is co-developer of the Index of Learning Styles. He suggests that there are eight different learning styles. Active learners absorb… — Ken Robinson Visual Learner Copy Share Image
“find your Element you may have to challenge your own beliefs about yourself. Whatever age you are, you’ve almost certainly developed an… — Ken Robinson Doubts Copy Share Image
“The movement actually managed to succeed in lobbying for the passage of involuntary sterilization laws in thirty American states. This meant that… — Ken Robinson Death penalty Copy Share Image
“Depression is becoming an increasingly serious problem. In the United Kingdom, for example, prescriptions for antidepressant drugs have risen by more than… — Ken Robinson Clinical depression Copy Share Image
My contention is, all kids have tremendous talents. And we squander them, pretty ruthlessly. — Ken Robinson Children Copy Share Image
Far more than any other power, imagination is what sets human beings apart from every other species on earth. — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
