Creativity is very much like literacy. We take it for granted that nearly everybody can learn to read and write. If a person can't read or write, you don't assume that this person is incapable of it, just that he or she hasn't learned how to do it. The same is true of creativity.

Being wrong doesn't mean being creative - but if you aren't afraid of being wrong, you can't be creative.

Some dreams truly are 'impossible dreams.' However, many aren't. Knowing the difference is often one of the first steps to finding your element, because if you can see the chances of making a dream come true, you can also likely see the necessary next steps you need to take toward achieving it.

Creativity is a process more often than it is an event.

Never underestimate the vital importance of finding early in life the work that for you is play.

Teaching for creativity involves teaching creatively. There are three related tasks in teaching for creativity: encouraging, identifying and fostering.

Children are wonderfully confident in their own imaginations. Most of us lose this confidence as we grow up.