Creativity is as important as literacy.

Creativity is the greatest gift of human intelligence.

Very many people go through their whole lives having no real sense of what their talents may be, or if they have any to speak of.

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?

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

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

Teaching for creativity involves teaching creatively. There are three related tasks in teaching for creativity: encouraging, identifying and fostering.