Ken Robinson Creative Quotations

To be creative you actually have to do something.

The combination of creative energies and the need to perform at the highest level to keep up with peers leads to an otherwise unattainable commitment to excellence.

Being wrong doesn't mean being creative - but if you aren't afraid of being wrong, you can't be creative.

Private imaginings may have no outcomes in the world at all. Creativity does. Being creative involves doing something.

Humans are born curious, creative, and intuitive.

All of our existing ideas have creative possibilities.

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.

Helping people to connect with their personal creative capacities is the surest way to release the best they have to offer.

Being creative is at the heart of being human and of all cultural progress.

If you're afraid to be wrong you'll never do anything creative.

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.

Everyone has huge creative capacities. The challenge is to develop them. A culture of creativity has to involve everybody, not just a select few.

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.

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.