In the United States these days, 'diversity' is a big word and a buzzword.

No academic ever expects to be taken seriously by more than three other people, because really, we write for three people in our field.

Being creative means first of all doing something unusual... On the other hand, however unusual it may be, the idea also has to be reasonable for people to take it seriously.

My belief in why America has been doing so well up to now is that we have been propelled by our immigrants and our encouragement of technical innovation and, indeed, creativity across the board.

Teaching which ignores the realities of children will be rejected as surely as any graft which attempts to ignore the body's immune system.

Now intelligence seemed quantifiable. You could measure someone's actual or potential height, and now, it seemed, you could also measure someone's actual or potential intelligence. We had one dimension of mental ability along which we could array everyone... The whole concept has to be challenged; in fact, it has to be replaced.

Our way of managing and leading, rewarding and judging people is totally out of tune with the fact that we are all individuals.