You can be creative in anything - in math, science, engineering, philosophy - as much as you can in music or in painting or in dance.

Governments decide they know best and they're going to tell you what to do. The trouble is that education doesn't go on in the committee rooms of our legislative buildings. It happens in classrooms and schools, and the people who do it are the teachers and the students. And if you remove their discretion, it stops working.

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

The combination of creative energies and the need to perform at the highest level to keep up with peers leads to an otherwise unattainable commitment to excellence.

You can be creative in anything - in math, science, engineering, philosophy - as much as you can in music or in painting or in dance.

If you're running an engineering or finance company, all companies depend on ideas and ingenuity. I think the principles of creative leadership apply everywhere, whether it's an advertising company or whether you're running a hospital.

Sometimes getting away from school is the best thing that can happen to a great mind.