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.

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.

Teaching for creativity aims to encourage self-confidence, independence of mind, and the capacity to think for oneself.

It's not what happens to us that makes the difference in our lives. What makes the difference is our attitude towards what happens. The idea of luck is a powerful way of illustrating the importance of our basic attitudes in affecting whether or not we find our Element.

Very many people go through their whole lives having no real sense of what their talents may be, or if they have any to speak of.

Creativity is as important as literacy.

Imagination is the primary gift of human consciousness.