Ken Robinson Quotes

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• The real role of leadership in education ... is not and should not be command and control. The real role of leadership is climate control,…
• Somewhere in, I think, the back of the mind of some [education] policy makers is this idea that if we fine-tune it well enough, if…
• Governments decide they know best and they're going to tell you what to do. The trouble is that education doesn't go on in the committee…
• The dropout crisis is just the tip of an iceberg. What it doesn't count are all the kids who are in school but being disengaged…
• To improve our schools, we have to humanize them and make education personal to every student and teacher in the system. Education is always about…
• Human intelligence is richer and more dynamic than we have been led to believe by formal academic education.
• Being in your element is not only about aptitude, it's about passion: it is about loving what you do...tapping into your natural energy and your…
• Imagination is the primary gift of human consciousness.
• All of our existing ideas have creative possibilities.
• Creativity involves putting your imagination to work. In a sense, creativity is applied imagination.
• Creativity is a process more often than it is an event.
• Creativity is the greatest gift of human intelligence.
• Everyone has huge creative capacities. The challenge is to develop them. A culture of creativity has to involve everybody, not just a select few.
• Helping people to connect with their personal creative capacities is the surest way to release the best they have to offer.
• Innovation is applied creativity. By definition, innovation is always about introducing something new, or improved, or both and it is usually assumed to be a…
• Private imaginings may have no outcomes in the world at all. Creativity does. Being creative involves doing something.
• Teaching for creativity aims to encourage self-confidence, independence of mind, and the capacity to think for oneself.
• To realize our true creative potential - in our organizations, in our schools and in our communities - we need to think differently about ourselves…
• Finding your element is essential to your wellbeing and ultimate success and, by implication to the health of our organisations and the effectiveness of our…
• If you're fifty, exercise your mind and body regularly, eat well, and have a general zest for life, you're likely younger - in very real,…

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