You can't be a creative thinker if you're not stimulating your mind, just as you can't be an Olympic athlete if you don't train regularly. Ken Robinson athletecreativemind Change image and share on social
Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it's produced the most extraordinary results in human culture. Ken Robinson creativitycultureextraordinary Change image and share on social
If you're running an engineering or finance company, all companies depend on ideas and ingenuity. I think the principles of creative leadership apply everywhere, whether it's an advertising company or whether you're running a hospital. Ken Robinson advertiseapplycompany share on social
We live in worlds that we have forged and composed. It's much more true than any of the species that you see. I mean, it seems to me that one of the most distinctive features of human intelligence is the capacity to imagine, to project out of our own immediate circumstances and to bring to mind things that aren't present here and now. Ken Robinson bringcapacitycircumstance share on social
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process; it's not random. Ken Robinson creativityideaoriginal Change image and share on social
Now the problem with standardized tests is that it's based on the mistake that we can simply scale up the education of children like you would scale up making carburetors. And we can't, because human beings are very different from motorcars, and they have feelings about what they do and motivations in doing it, or not. Ken Robinson basebeingcarburetor share on social
The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it's to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they're valued. Ken Robinson createcreativeculture Change image and share on social
Learning happens in the minds and souls, not in the databases of multiple-choice tests. Ken Robinson choicedatabaselearn Change image and share on social
I believe this passionately: that we don't grow into creativity, we grow out of it. Or rather, we get educated out if it. Ken Robinson creativityeducategrow Change image and share on social
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 determinefuturepast Change image and share on social