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> [Less-creative people can't shift gears. Very creative people move between these two states intuitively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-claxton/less-creative-people-can-t-shift-gears-very-creative-people-move/)

[Guy Claxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-claxton/)

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## More by Guy Claxton

> [Learning power comprises both literacy and numeracy, and is ultimately more fundamental than either of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-claxton/learning-power-comprises-both-literacy-and-numeracy-and-is-ultimately/)

[Guy Claxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-claxton/)

> [“As we have seen, the modern mind has a distorted image of itself that leads it to neglect some of its own most valuable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-claxton/as-we-have-seen-the-modern-mind-has-a-distorted-image-of-itself-that/)

[Guy Claxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-claxton/)

> [We have to learn to make our own way through a complex world without the benefit of an accepted trustworthy route map.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-claxton/we-have-to-learn-to-make-our-own-way-through-a-complex-world-without/)

[Guy Claxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-claxton/)

> [The constant need to move on, and to document progress, in normal schools means that education tends to be cut up into bite sized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-claxton/the-constant-need-to-move-on-and-to-document-progress-in-normal/)

[Guy Claxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-claxton/)

> [“Everything is gestation and bringing forth. To let each impression and each germ of a feeling come to completion wholly in itself, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-claxton/everything-is-gestation-and-bringing-forth-to-let-each-impression-and/)

[Guy Claxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-claxton/)

> [People see their own lives as stories; a lifelong story with a single hero or heroine... much contemporary unhappiness is due to the fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-claxton/people-see-their-own-lives-as-stories-a-lifelong-story-with-a-single/)

[Guy Claxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-claxton/)

> [Creativity may have killed a few cats, but evolution certainly eliminated many more incurious ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-claxton/creativity-may-have-killed-a-few-cats-but-evolution-certainly/)

[Guy Claxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-claxton/)

> [Underneath the visible problems with reading and writing lies the deeper problem of 'illearnacy': an acquired disabling of learning courage and learning initiative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-claxton/underneath-the-visible-problems-with-reading-and-writing-lies-the/)

[Guy Claxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-claxton/)

> [Less-creative people can't shift gears. Very creative people move between these two states intuitively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-claxton/less-creative-people-can-t-shift-gears-very-creative-people-move/)

[Guy Claxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-claxton/)

> [Parents and educators need to establish a culture in which security and clarity of expectations are balanced with the encouragement of playfulness, inquisitiveness and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-claxton/parents-and-educators-need-to-establish-a-culture-in-which-security/)

[Guy Claxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-claxton/)

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