Sir Ken Robinson, educationalist

A morning chatting to Sir Ken Robinson about the importance of lifelong curiosity, and how our destinies are guided by imagination – the wellspring of creativity.

© Alexandra Dao

© Alexandra Dao

“Our lives are a constant process of improvisation – what you find inside yourself and what you create around yourself”
— Sir Ken Robinson
“Everyone’s life is full of these dog-leg curves, and there’s a good reason for it, which is that we create our own lives. The best evidence for imagination and creativity is your own biography”
— Sir Ken Robinson
“Our lives are a constant process of improvisation – what you find inside yourself and what you create around yourself”
— Sir Ken Robinson
“Imagination is what sets us apart”
— Sir Ken Robinson
“We’ve been bought up to think there is a fundamental divide between intellect and emotion, but there really isn’t”
— Sir Ken Robinson
“Imagination is the stuff of human intelligence, and creativity is the executive wing of imagination, it’s putting imagination to work”
— Sir Ken Robinson
“Some people watch apples fall from trees and don’t care, but Newton couldn’t get over it! ”
— Sir Ken Robinson
“Life is its own meaning, and we can construct our own purpose within it”
— Sir Ken Robinson
“This is a package deal – body, soul, mind, spirit, it’s all one. We are not software”
— Sir Ken Robinson
“Inspiration is a cocktail of curiosity. A big part of becoming more creative as you grow up is remaining curious”
— Sir Ken Robinson
“For me, life is simply about being here – we have all these sensibilities and capacities and it’s enough to ask what we can do with our common humanity to make life more congenial and fulfilling”
— Sir Ken Robinson