Ken Robinson Quotes

The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.

I think that everything is part of creativity - the more you create, the more you have ideas, and the more you meet people.

It's not enough to tell people to be creative; they need to know how, and what to create.

I love creating. I love being with creative people who can think quickly on their feet.

For me, the creative process is this giant patchwork of information.

The technical process which is interesting in it's own right but I think the creative process is what's more intriguing to me.

When you start to engage with your creative processes, it shakes up all your impulses, and they all kind of inform one another.

One gets into a state of creativity by conscious work.

The first step in innovation is to know that a thing can be created. After that, the rest is a matter of detail.

Isn't the drawing board the place where all the best work happens? It's not a bad thing to go back there. It's the entire point.

I enjoy creating new ideas, working on new creative projects.

Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.

When I studied graphic design, I learned a valuable lesson: There's no perfect answer to the puzzle, and creativity is a renewable resource.

Creativity requires input, and that's what research is. You're gathering material with which to build.

As a creative person, you want to start with a blank canvas.

Like all artists, I go through creative spurts.

What I love about the creative process, and this may sound naive, but it is this idea that one day there is no idea, and no solution, but the next day there is an idea. I find that incredibly exciting and conceptually actually remarkable.

Creating something is all about problem-solving.

A theory of creativity is actually just a metaphor. A pool of ideas, a well of memories, a voice.

A new idea is like carbonated liquid in a bottle. You just sort of shake it until the cork pops, then you write and write.

You can't rush inspiration.

Think of the imagination as a giant stone from which we carve out new ideas. As we chip away, our new ideas become more polished and refined. But if you start by editing your imagination, you start with a tiny stone.

Creativity is an energy. It's a precious energy, and it's something to be protected. A lot of people take for granted that they're a creative person, but I know from experience, feeling it in myself, it is a magic; it is an energy. And it can't be taken for granted.

I really believe that cultivating creativity, as a general principle, is about managing your energy.

I like to stay in the space of creativity, and I want to go towards that all the time.