Learning happens in the minds and souls, not in the databases of multiple-choice tests. - Ken Robinson 1 Share Now -
The answer is not to standardize education, but to personalize and customize it to the needs of each child and community. There is no alternative. There never was. - Ken Robinson 2 Share Now -
You can be creative in anything - in math, science, engineering, philosophy - as much as you can in music or in painting or in dance. - Ken Robinson 3 Share Now -
Now the problem with standardized tests is that it's based on the mistake that we can simply scale up the education of children like you would scale up making carburetors. And we can't, because human beings are very different from motorcars, and they have feelings about what they do and motivations in doing it, or not. - Ken Robinson 4 Share Now -
We live in worlds that we have forged and composed. It's much more true than any of the species that you see. I mean, it seems to me that one of the most distinctive features of human intelligence is the capacity to imagine, to project out of our own immediate circumstances and to bring to mind things that aren't present here and now. - Ken Robinson 5 Share Now -
If you're running an engineering or finance company, all companies depend on ideas and ingenuity. I think the principles of creative leadership apply everywhere, whether it's an advertising company or whether you're running a hospital. - Ken Robinson 6 Share Now -
You can be creative in anything - in math, science, engineering, philosophy - as much as you can in music or in painting or in dance. - Ken Robinson 7 Share Now -
The arts, sciences, humanities, physical education, languages and maths all have equal and central contributions to make to a student's education. - Ken Robinson 8 Share Now -
Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it's produced the most extraordinary results in human culture. - Ken Robinson 9 Share Now -
Passion is the driver of achievement in all fields. Some people love doing things they don't feel they're good at. That may be because they underestimate their talents or haven't yet put the work in to develop them. - Ken Robinson 10 Share Now -
