Ken Robinson - Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative (2001)

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If all you had was academic ability, you wouldn't have been able to get out of bed this morning. In fact, there wouldn't have been a bad to get out of. No one could have made one. You could have written about possibility of one, but not have constructed it.

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Transforming education is not easy but the price of failure is more than we can afford, while the benefits of success are more than we can imagine.

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Creativity involves putting your imagination to work. In a sense, creativity is applied imagination.

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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.

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Innovation is applied creativity. By definition, innovation is always about introducing something new, or improved, or both and it is usually assumed to be a positive thing.

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

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

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What we become as our lives evolve depends on the quality of our experiences here and now.

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The first task in teaching for creativity in any field is to encourage people to believe in their creative potential and to nurture the confidence to try.

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In a world where lifelong employment in the same job is a thing of the past, creativity is not a luxury. It is essential for personal security and fulfillment.

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