If you can light the spark of curiosity in a child, they will learn without any further assistance. — Ken Robinson 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
Change what you are doing; change your world. And if enough people do that, we can change the world. — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
If a man speaks his mind in a forest, and no woman hears him, is he still wrong? — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
If you're not prepared to be wrong, you're not prepared to be original. — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
It is difficult to feel accomplished when you're not accomplishing something that matters to you. Doing something 'for your own good' is… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
If you are considering earning your living from your Element, it's important to bear in mind that you not only have to… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
If you sit kids down, hour after hour, doing low-grade clerical work, don't be surprised if they start to fidget. Children are… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
If you're running an engineering or finance company, all companies depend on ideas and ingenuity. I think the principles of creative leadership… — 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
If you're doing something you love, an hour feels like five minutes. If you're doing something that doesn't resonate with your spirit,… — 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 way of opening ourselves up to new opportunities is to make conscious efforts to look differently at our ordinary situations. Doing… — Ken Robinson 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
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
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 Copy Share Image
If you're fifty, exercise your mind and body regularly, eat well, and have a general zest for life, you're likely younger -… — 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
