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.

It’s education that’s meant to take us into this future that we can’t grasp.

Learning happens in the minds and souls, not in the databases of multiple-choice tests.

Imagination is the primary gift of human consciousness.

All of our existing ideas have creative possibilities.

Being creative is at the heart of being human and of all cultural progress.

Imagination is the source of all human achievement.