Mind Quotes by Ken Robinson

9 Mind quotes by Ken Robinson

Ken Robinson’s advocacy for creativity surfaces in nine brief statements on the mind. Each line encourages readers to think beyond conventions, making the set a handy spark for innovative thinking.

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Sometimes getting away from school is the best thing that can happen to a great mind.

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If a man speaks his mind in a forest, and no woman hears him, is he still wrong?

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All children start their school careers with sparkling imaginations, fertile minds, and a willingness to take risks with what they think,

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Teaching for creativity aims to encourage self-confidence, independence of mind, and the capacity to think for oneself.

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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…

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Learning happens in the minds and souls, not in the databases of multiple-choice tests.

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If you are considering earning your living from your Element, it's important to bear in mind that you not only have to…

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We live in worlds that we have forged and composed. It's much more true than any of the species that you see.…

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If you're fifty, exercise your mind and body regularly, eat well, and have a general zest for life, you're likely younger -…

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Every education system on Earth has the same hierarchy of subjects: at the top are mathematics and languages, then the humanities, and the bottom…

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“We are all born with extraordinary powers of imagination, intelligence, feeling, intuition, spirituality, and of physical and sensory awareness. (p.9)”

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“I asked a professor of nanotechnology what they use to measure the unthinkable small distances of nanospace? He said it was the nanometre. This…

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We need to eliminate the existing hierarchy of subjects. Elevating some disciplines over others only reinforces outmoded assumptions of industrialism and offends the principle…

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Too many people never connect with their true talents and therefore don't know what they are capable of achieving.

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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…

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The fact is that given the challenges we face, education doesn't need to be reformed -- it needs to be transformed. The key to…

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Private imaginings may have no outcomes in the world at all. Creativity does. Being creative involves doing something.

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“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…

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