Ken Robinson Quotes

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.

The same way you train yourself to be physically gifted player - whether you do weights, or running to get in shape or swimming - the mental side is the same way. You've got to train yourself to be ready for whatever.

Every rider trains their muscles but few train their brain.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Your brain, like your tongue, is a muscle. Practicing thinking by yourself really helps develop your brain, which you need throughout your day. I like to practice my thinking in a darkened room, alone.

What makes me happy is just keeping my brain challenged and stimulated and on its toes.

It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young.

Just as physical exercise is a well-known and well-accepted means to improve health for anyone, regardless of age or background, so can the brain be put 'into shape' for optimal learning.

Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time.

I think it's so important to keep learning and keep your brain active.

I enjoy putting my mind into different situations rather than my body.

Math is like going to the gym for your brain. It sharpens your mind.

It's important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.

Brain power improves by brain use, just as our bodily strength grows with exercise.

Spiritual 'exercise' keeps your mind in shape the way physical exercise keeps your body in shape.

If you're going to train your body, it would be a really good thing to also train your brain.

Your mind is just like your body. It's a muscle you can train and get better at.

You play more games, you get more maturity, and you get smarter.

Talking about smart thinking, The British-made 'Brain Training Podcast' is a brief daily workout for the mind that could easily get addictive.

To make physical gains, you would go to the gym and lift weights. It's the same for the mental side. The work you put in on the mental side needs the same dedication as the physical side.

The mind, too, has its regimen. It needs gymnastics, just like the body does.

You know you've got to exercise your brain just like your muscles.

To supply a thought is mental massage; but to evolve a thought of your own is an achievement. Thinking is a brain exercise and no faculty grows save as it is exercised.

Working keeps me young. Anything that exercises the brain like learning lines.

Solving wits and puzzles, in a way, helps to develop wit and ingenuity.