Human intelligence is richer and more dynamic than we have been led to believe by formal academic education.

The arts, sciences, humanities, physical education, languages and maths all have equal and central contributions to make to a student's education.

Research indicates that, as long as we keep using our brains in an active way, we continue to build neural pathways as we get older. This gives us not only the ongoing potential for creative thought, but also an additional incentive for continuing to stretch ourselves.

Private imaginings may have no outcomes in the world at all. Creativity does. Being creative involves doing something.

One of the enemies of creativity and innovation, especially in relation to our own development, is common sense.

You don’t think of Shakespeare being a child, do you? Shakespeare being seven? He was seven at some point. He was in somebody’s English class, wasn’t he? How annoying would that be?

Human intelligence is richer and more dynamic than we have been led to believe by formal academic education.