Ken Robinson

Ken Robinson
creativity learning ideas
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value
educational real school
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 from it, who don't enjoy it, who don't get any real benefit from it.
education motivation inspiration
We are educating people out of their creative capacities.
interesting creative culture
Human life is inherently creative. It's why we all have different résumés. … It's why human culture is so interesting and diverse and dynamic.
children thinking class
You don’t think of Shakespeare being a child, do you? Shakespeare being seven? He was seven at some point. He was in somebody’s English class, wasn’t he? How annoying would that be?
educational believe academic
Human intelligence is richer and more dynamic than we have been led to believe by formal academic education.
years six-year-olds half
A three-year-old is not half a six-year-old.
motivational morning moving
I mean, really, whatever you woke up worrying about this morning, get over it. How important in the greater scheme of things can it possibly be? Make your peace and move on.
creative curious born
Humans are born curious, creative, and intuitive.
creativity rest-of-life differences
These powers of imagination and creativity are among the few things that set us apart from the rest of life on Earth. But they make all the difference.
creativity giving people
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 the best out of them.
creativity thinking people
Creativity is as important as literacy and numeracy, and I actually think people understand that creativity is important - they just don't understand what it is.
quality here-and-now evolve
What we become as our lives evolve depends on the quality of our experiences here and now.
jobs growth doe
The gardener does not make a plant grow. The job of a gardener is to create optimal conditions for growth