Being wrong doesn't mean being creative - but if you aren't afraid of being wrong, you can't be creative.
Ken RobinsonYou were probably steered benignly away from things at school when you were a kid - things you liked - on the grounds that you would never get a job doing that. Is that right? Donโt do music. Youโre not going to be a musician. Donโt do art. You're not going to be an artist - benign advice, now profoundly mistaken.
Ken RobinsonVery often, organizations are inflexible because there is too little communication between functions; they are too segregated.
Ken RobinsonChildren are wonderfully confident in their own imaginations. Most of us lose this confidence as we grow up.
Ken RobinsonWe 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 Robinson