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

All children start their school careers with sparkling imaginations, fertile minds, and a willingness to take risks with what they think.

Humans are born curious, creative, and intuitive.

School systems should base their curriculum not on the idea of separate subjects, but on the much more fertile idea of disciplines... which makes possible a fluid and dynamic curriculum that is interdisciplinary.

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

It's not what happens to us that makes the difference in our lives. What makes the difference is our attitude towards what happens. The idea of luck is a powerful way of illustrating the importance of our basic attitudes in affecting whether or not we find our Element.

Many highly talented, brilliant, creative people think they’re not — because the thing they were good at at school wasn’t valued, or was actually stigmatized.