We live in worlds that we have forged and composed. It's much more true than any of the species that you see. I mean, it seems to me that one of the most distinctive features of human intelligence is the capacity to imagine, to project out of our own immediate circumstances and to bring to mind things that aren't present here and now.

I believe this passionately: that we don't grow into creativity, we grow out of it. Or rather, we get educated out if it.

The first task in teaching for creativity in any field is to encourage people to believe in their creative potential and to nurture the confidence to try.

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

Teaching for creativity aims to encourage self-confidence, independence of mind, and the capacity to think for oneself.

Most great learning happens in groups. Collaboration is the stuff of growth.

One way of opening ourselves up to new opportunities is to make conscious efforts to look differently at our ordinary situations. Doing so allows a person to see the world as one rife with possibility and to take advantage of some of those possibilities if they seem worth pursuing.