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Ken Robinson Quotes

Every education system on Earth has the same hierarchy of subjects: at the top are mathematics and languages, then the humanities, and the bottom are the arts Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

All of our existing ideas have creative possibilities Picture Quote #1

Imagination is the primary gift of human consciousness Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Teaching is a creative profession, not a delivery system. Great teachers do [pass on information], but what great teachers also do is mentor, stimulate, provoke, engage Picture Quote #1

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Change what you are doing; change your world. And if enough people do that, we can change the world Picture Quote #1

The real role of leadership in education ... is not and should not be command and control. The real role of leadership is climate control, creating a climate of possibility Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

We are educating people out of their creative capacities Picture Quote #1

If you’re afraid to be wrong you’ll never do anything creative Picture Quote #1

The Element is about discovering your self, and you can’t do this if you’re trapped in a compulsion to conform. You can’t be yourself in a swarm Picture Quote #1

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Human life is inherently creative. It’s why we all have different résumés. … It’s why human culture is so interesting and diverse and dynamic Picture Quote #1

One of the enemies of creativity and innovation, especially in relation to our own development, is common sense Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It is difficult to feel accomplished when you’re not accomplishing something that matters to you. Doing something ‘for your own good’ is rarely for your own good if it causes you to be less than who you really are Picture Quote #1

If you sit kids down, hour after hour, doing low-grade clerical work, don’t be surprised if they start to fidget. Children are not, for the most part, suffering from a psychological condition, they’re suffering from childhood Picture Quote #1

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value - more often than not, comes about through the interaction of different disciplinary ways of seeing things Picture Quote #1

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I like university professors, but you know, we shouldn’t hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement. They’re just a form of life, another form of life Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Research indicates that, as long as we keep using our brains in an active way, we continue to build neural pathways as we get older. This gives us not only the ongoing potential for creative thought, but also an additional incentive for continuing to stretch ourselves Picture Quote #1

One way of opening ourselves up to new opportunities is to make conscious efforts to look differently at our ordinary situations. Doing so allows a person to see the world as one rife with possibility and to take advantage of some of those possibilities if they seem worth pursuing Picture Quote #1

The arts, sciences, humanities, physical education, languages and maths all have equal and central contributions to make to a student’s education Picture Quote #1

Every education system on Earth has the same hierarchy of subjects: at the top are mathematics and languages, then the humanities, and the bottom are the arts Picture Quote #1

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Being in your element is not only about aptitude, it’s about passion: it is about loving what you do...tapping into your natural energy and your most authentic self Picture Quote #1

Being creative is at the heart of being human and of all cultural progress Picture Quote #1

Being wrong doesn’t mean being creative - but if you aren’t afraid of being wrong, you can’t be creative Picture Quote #1

If you’re fifty, exercise your mind and body regularly, eat well, and have a general zest for life, you’re likely younger - in very real, physical terms - than your neighbor who is forty-four, works in a dead-end job, eats chicken wings twice a day, considers thinking too strenuous, and looks at lifting a beer glass as a reasonable daily workout Picture Quote #1

Now the problem with standardized tests is that it’s based on the mistake that we can simply scale up the education of children like you would scale up making carburetors. And we can’t, because human beings are very different from motorcars, and they have feelings about what they do and motivations in doing it, or not Picture Quote #1

You create your life, and you can recreate it, too. In times of economic downturn and uncertainty, it’s more important than ever to look deep inside yourself to fathom the sort of life you really want to lead and the talents and passions that can make that possible Picture Quote #1

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Every education system on Earth has the same hierarchy of subjects: at the top are mathematics and languages, then the humanities, and the bottom are the arts (Ken Robinson Quotes) 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? (Ken Robinson Quotes) All of our existing ideas have creative possibilities (Ken Robinson Quotes) Imagination is the primary gift of human consciousness (Ken Robinson Quotes) 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 Quotes) Teaching is a creative profession, not a delivery system. Great teachers do [pass on information], but what great teachers also do is mentor, stimulate, provoke, engage (Ken Robinson Quotes) Change what you are doing; change your world. And if enough people do that, we can change the world. (Ken Robinson Quotes) The real role of leadership in education ... is not and should not be command and control. The real role of leadership is climate control, creating a climate of possibility. (Ken Robinson Quotes) 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. (Ken Robinson Quotes) We are educating people out of their creative capacities (Ken Robinson Quotes) If you’re afraid to be wrong you’ll never do anything creative (Ken Robinson Quotes) The Element is about discovering your self, and you can’t do this if you’re trapped in a compulsion to conform. You can’t be yourself in a swarm (Ken Robinson Quotes) Human life is inherently creative. It’s why we all have different résumés. … It’s why human culture is so interesting and diverse and dynamic (Ken Robinson Quotes) One of the enemies of creativity and innovation, especially in relation to our own development, is common sense (Ken Robinson Quotes) 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 (Ken Robinson Quotes) It is difficult to feel accomplished when you’re not accomplishing something that matters to you. Doing something ‘for your own good’ is rarely for your own good if it causes you to be less than who you really are (Ken Robinson Quotes) If you sit kids down, hour after hour, doing low-grade clerical work, don’t be surprised if they start to fidget. Children are not, for the most part, suffering from a psychological condition, they’re suffering from childhood (Ken Robinson Quotes) Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value - more often than not, comes about through the interaction of different disciplinary ways of seeing things (Ken Robinson Quotes) I like university professors, but you know, we shouldn’t hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement. They’re just a form of life, another form of life (Ken Robinson Quotes) 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 (Ken Robinson Quotes) Research indicates that, as long as we keep using our brains in an active way, we continue to build neural pathways as we get older. This gives us not only the ongoing potential for creative thought, but also an additional incentive for continuing to stretch ourselves (Ken Robinson Quotes) One way of opening ourselves up to new opportunities is to make conscious efforts to look differently at our ordinary situations. Doing so allows a person to see the world as one rife with possibility and to take advantage of some of those possibilities if they seem worth pursuing (Ken Robinson Quotes) The arts, sciences, humanities, physical education, languages and maths all have equal and central contributions to make to a student’s education. (Ken Robinson Quotes) Every education system on Earth has the same hierarchy of subjects: at the top are mathematics and languages, then the humanities, and the bottom are the arts. (Ken Robinson Quotes) Being in your element is not only about aptitude, it’s about passion: it is about loving what you do...tapping into your natural energy and your most authentic self. (Ken Robinson Quotes) Being creative is at the heart of being human and of all cultural progress (Ken Robinson Quotes) Being wrong doesn’t mean being creative - but if you aren’t afraid of being wrong, you can’t be creative. (Ken Robinson Quotes) If you’re fifty, exercise your mind and body regularly, eat well, and have a general zest for life, you’re likely younger - in very real, physical terms - than your neighbor who is forty-four, works in a dead-end job, eats chicken wings twice a day, considers thinking too strenuous, and looks at lifting a beer glass as a reasonable daily workout. (Ken Robinson Quotes) Now the problem with standardized tests is that it’s based on the mistake that we can simply scale up the education of children like you would scale up making carburetors. And we can’t, because human beings are very different from motorcars, and they have feelings about what they do and motivations in doing it, or not. (Ken Robinson Quotes) You create your life, and you can recreate it, too. In times of economic downturn and uncertainty, it’s more important than ever to look deep inside yourself to fathom the sort of life you really want to lead and the talents and passions that can make that possible. (Ken Robinson Quotes)

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