Creativity is as important as literacy and numeracy, and I actually think people understand that creativity is important - they just don't understand what it is.
Ken RobinsonYou donโt think of Shakespeare being a child, do you? Shakespeare being seven? He was seven at some point. He was in somebodyโs English class, wasnโt he? How annoying would that be?
Ken RobinsonIf 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.
Ken RobinsonResearch 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.
Ken RobinsonIt is often said that education and training are the keys to the future. They are, but a key can be turned in two directions. Turn it one way and you lock resources away, even from those they belong to. Turn it the other way and you release resources and give people back to themselves. To realize our true creative potential-in our organizations, in our schools and in our communities-we need to think differently about ourselves and to act differently towards each other. We must learn to be creative.
Ken Robinson