Ken Robinson Quotes

Creativity is as important as literacy.

To me, very much of what is artistic is people's very creative and inventive ways out of impossible situations.

I think we want our kids to grow up to be people who can think outside of the box, be creative and innovators, sort of the forward-thinkers of our future. I think a way to inspire that is through art and music.

Creativity and business acumen don't always go hand in hand.

Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it's produced the most extraordinary results in human culture.

Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.

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

If you're willing to put two thoughts into a picture then you're already ahead of the game.

Well, the fact is that one imagination is critically important, and if you have had your imagination stimulated by what is basically a variety of subjects, you are much more amenable to accepting, to understanding and interacting with the realities of the world.

I think that a lot of people just don't understand creativity.

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.

Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured.

The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.

The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained.

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

A designer is someone who constructs while he thinks, someone for whom planning and making go together.

You can't teach someone to be imaginative.

There can be no technique or formula for creativity.

My imagination ran 24/7, and to me, every problem was a challenge to solve and new product to create. It wasn't until I started teaching that I realized that not everyone's head worked the same way.

I think you have to be creative to make a difference in science.

I know how to think outside of the box and be creative.

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

Creativity requires novelty. Imagination is all about counterfactuals and untested possibilities that don't yet exist.

The importance of creativity in our country is greatly misunderstood.

Creativity is very much like literacy. We take it for granted that nearly everybody can learn to read and write. If a person can't read or write, you don't assume that this person is incapable of it, just that he or she hasn't learned how to do it. The same is true of creativity.