265 Quotes by Ken Robinson

The dominant Western worldview is not based on seeing synergies and connections but on making distinctions and seeing differences.

Many highly talented, brilliant, creative people think they’re not – because the thing they were good at at school wasn’t valued, or was actually stigmatized.

What we think of ourselves and of the world makes us who we are and what we can be.

Our task is to educate our children’s whole being so they can face the future and make something of it. To achieve this we need to balance education for careers with education for twenty-first century life.

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

But it also taught me that it is easier to overcome people’s judgments than to overcome our own self-judgment, the fear we internalize.

Human communities depend upon a diversity of talent not a singular conception of ability. and at the heart of the challenge is to reconstitute our sense of ability and intelligence.

It is difficult to feel accomplished when you’re not accomplishing something that matters to you. Doing something ‘for your own good’ is rarely for your own good if it causes you to be less than who you really are.

The revolution I’m advocating is based on different principles from those of the standards movement. It is based on a belief in the value of the individual, the right to self-determination, our potential to evolve and live a fulfilled life, and the importance of civic responsibility and respect for others.