Ken Robinson
Ken Robinson
benefits imagine easy
Transforming education is not easy but the price of failure is more than we can afford, while the benefits of success are more than we can imagine.
morning able facts
If all you had was academic ability, you wouldn't have been able to get out of bed this morning. In fact, there wouldn't have been a bad to get out of. No one could have made one. You could have written about possibility of one, but not have constructed it.
heart diversity community
Human communities depend upon a diversity of talent not a singular conception of ability. and at the heart of the challenge is to reconstitute our sense of ability and intelligence
looks body way
Typically [professors] live in their heads. … They look upon their body as a form of transport for their heads. It’s a way of getting their head to meetings.
imagination earth humans
Far more than any other power, imagination is what sets human beings apart from every other species on earth.
interesting people done
Up to a point you welcome being interrupted because it is only by interacting with other people that you get anything interesting done.
motivational creativity thinking
You can think of creativity as applied imagination.
motivational alive feels
The more alive we feel, the more we can contribute to the lives of others.
boat floats
Make the most of whatever it is that floats your boat...
university-professors water achievement
I like university professors, but you know, we shouldn't hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement. They're just a form of life, another form of life.
heart kids home
If my wife is cooking a meal at home, which is not often, thankfully, but you know, she's doing (oh, she's good at some things) but if she's cooking, you know, she's dealing with people on the phone, she's talking to the kids, she's painting the ceiling, she's doing open-heart surgery over here; if I'm cooking, the door is shut, the kids are out, the phone's on the hook, if she comes in I get annoyed, I say "Terry, please, I'm trying to fry an egg in here, give me a break.".
creative be-creative
To be creative you actually have to do something.
children everyday way
There isn’t an education system on the planet that teaches dance everyday to children the way we teach them mathematics. Why?
creativity educated
We get educated out of creativity.