Ken Robinson

The more alive we feel, the more we can contribute to the lives of others.

— Ken Robinson

Never underestimate the vital importance of finding early in life the work that for you is play.

— Ken Robinson

Human intelligence is richer and more dynamic than we have been led to believe by formal academic education.

— Ken Robinson

All kids have tremendous talents — and we squander them pretty ruthlessly.

— Ken Robinson

“Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”

— Ken Robinson

“You create your own life by how you see the world and your place in it;”

— Ken Robinson

If you're not prepared to be wrong, you're not prepared to be original.

— Ken Robinson

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process; it's not random.

— Ken Robinson

The Element is about discovering your self, and you can't do this if you're trapped in a compulsion to conform. You can't…

— Ken Robinson

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

To realize our true creative potential - in our organizations, in our schools and in our communities - we need to think…

— Ken Robinson

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

Our task is to educate our children's whole being so they can face the future and make something of it. To achieve…

— Ken Robinson

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

The answer is not to standardize education, but to personalize and customize it to the needs of each child and community. There…

— Ken Robinson

Most people didn't pursue their passions simply because of the promise of a paycheck. They pursued them because they couldn't imagine doing…

— Ken Robinson

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

It's not what happens to us that makes the difference in our lives. What makes the difference is our attitude towards what…

— Ken Robinson

You create your life, and you can recreate it, too. In times of economic downturn and uncertainty, it's more important than ever…

— Ken Robinson

Research indicates that, as long as we keep using our brains in an active way, we continue to build neural pathways as…

— Ken Robinson

“Ironically, the so-called social media may also be adding their own pressures. Although they have far more connections than ever online, many…

— Ken Robinson

If all you had was academic ability, you wouldn't have been able to get out of bed this morning. In fact, there…

— Ken Robinson

“Perhaps best known is the case of Koko, the gorilla to whom the Gorilla Foundation taught American Sign Language. Koko learned more…

— Ken Robinson

“Producing works of art doesn't often count as appropriate intellectual work in an arts department: yet the equivalent in a science department,…

— Ken Robinson

“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

One of the enemies of creativity and innovation, especially in relation to our own development, is common sense.

— Ken Robinson

Far more than any other power, imagination is what sets human beings apart from every other species on earth.

— Ken Robinson

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

— Ken Robinson

“Many of the opportunities you have in your life are generated by the energy you create around you.”

— Ken Robinson

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value

— Ken Robinson

What you're doing now, or have done in the past, need not determine what you can do next and in the future.

— Ken Robinson

Education doesn't need to be reformed- it needs to be transformed.

— Ken Robinson

If you're afraid to be wrong you'll never do anything creative.

— Ken Robinson

What we become as our lives evolve depends on the quality of our experiences here and now.

— Ken Robinson

Typically [professors] live in their heads. … They look upon their body as a form of transport for their heads. It’s a…

— Ken Robinson

“If he’d believed at any point along this journey that he had to follow a straight path in his career, he never…

— Ken Robinson

Helping people to connect with their personal creative capacities is the surest way to release the best they have to offer.

— Ken Robinson

Teaching is a creative profession, not a delivery system. Great teachers do [pass on information], but what great teachers also do is…

— Ken Robinson

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

Up to a point you welcome being interrupted because it is only by interacting with other people that you get anything interesting…

— Ken Robinson