Finding the medium that excites your imagination, that you love to play with and work in, is an important step to freeing your creative energies.

If you're doing something you love, an hour feels like five minutes. If you're doing something that doesn't resonate with your spirit, five minutes feels like an hour.

The gardener does not make a plant grow. The job of a gardener is to create optimal conditions for growth

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.

There is no system in the world or any school in the country that is better than its teachers. Teachers are the lifeblood of the success of schools.

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.

Teaching is a creative profession, not a delivery system. Great teachers do [pass on information], but what great teachers also do is mentor, stimulate, provoke, engage.