Ken Robinson

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“If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.”

― Ken Robinson (1950-2020)

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“Creativity is as important as literacy”

― Ken Robinson (1950-2020)

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“Human resources are like natural resources; they're often buried deep. You have to go looking for them, they're not just lying around on the surface. You have to create the circumstances where they show themselves.”

― Ken Robinson (1950-2020)

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“For most of us the problem isn’t that we aim too high and fail - it’s just the opposite - we aim too low and succeed.”

― Ken Robinson (1950-2020)

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“Imagination is the source of every form of human achievement. And it's the one thing that I believe we are systematically jeopardizing in the way we educate our children and ourselves.”

― Ken Robinson (1950-2020)

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“Curiosity is the engine of achievement.”

― Ken Robinson (1950-2020)

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“You cannot predict the outcome of human development. All you can do is like a farmer create the conditions under which it will begin to flourish.”

― Ken Robinson (1950-2020)

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“Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler did not solve an old problem, they asked a new question, and in doing so they changed the whole basis on which the old questions had been framed.”

― Ken Robinson (1950-2020)

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"Our task is to educate their (our students) whole being so they can face the future. We may not see the future, but they will and our job is to help them make something of it."

― Ken Robinson (1950-2020)

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"The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it's to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they're valued."

― Ken Robinson (1950-2020)

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"Too many people never connect with their true talents and therefore don't know what they are capable of achieving."

― Ken Robinson (1950-2020)

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"We 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 (1950-2020)

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"If you can light the spark of curiosity in a child, they will learn without any further assistance."

― Ken Robinson (1950-2020)

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

― Ken Robinson (1950-2020)

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

― Ken Robinson (1950-2020)

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"If a man speaks his mind in a forest, and no woman hears him, is he still wrong?"

― Ken Robinson (1950-2020)

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"There is no system in the world or any school in the country that is better than its teachers. Teachers are the lifeblood of the success of schools."

― Ken Robinson (1950-2020)

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"You can't be a creative thinker if you're not stimulating your mind, just as you can't be an Olympic athlete if you don't train regularly."

― Ken Robinson (1950-2020)