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?

Everyday, everywhere our children spread their dreams beneath our feet and we should tread softly.

My contention is, all kids have tremendous talents. And we squander them, pretty ruthlessly.

In a world where lifelong employment in the same job is a thing of the past, creativity is not a luxury. It is essential for personal security and fulfillment.

Every education system on Earth has the same hierarchy of subjects: at the top are mathematics and languages, then the humanities, and the bottom are the arts.

Being wrong doesn't mean being creative - but if you aren't afraid of being wrong, you can't be creative.

Being creative is at the heart of being human and of all cultural progress.