We need to eliminate the existing hierarchy of subjects. Elevating some disciplines over others only reinforces outmoded assumptions of industrialism and offends the principle of diversity. The arts, sciences, humanities, physical education, languages and maths all have equal and central contributions to make to a student's education.
Ken RobinsonThe dropout crisis is just the tip of an iceberg. What it doesn't count are all the kids who are in school but being disengaged from it, who don't enjoy it, who don't get any real benefit from it.
Ken RobinsonCreativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.
Ken RobinsonBeing in your element is not only about aptitude, it's about passion: it is about loving what you do...tapping into your natural energy and your most authentic self.
Ken RobinsonIt'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.
Ken RobinsonThe arts especially address the idea of aesthetic experience. An aesthetic experience is one in which your senses are operating at their peak; when youโre present in the current moment; when youโre resonating with the excitement of this thing that youโre experiencing; when you are fully alive.
Ken Robinson