Somewhere in, I think, the back of the mind of some [education] policy makers is this idea that if we fine-tune it well enough, if we just get it right, it will all hum along perfectly into the future. It won't, and it never did.

Helping people to connect with their personal creative capacities is the surest way to release the best they have to offer.

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.

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

Human intelligence is richer and more dynamic than we have been led to believe by formal academic education.

Everyday, everywhere our children spread their dreams beneath our feet and we should tread softly.

Finding the medium that excites your imagination, that you love to play with and work in, is an important step to freeing your creative energies.