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.
Full interview at imaginomics.org.uk
© Alexandra Dao
“Our lives are a constant process of improvisation – what you find inside yourself and what you create around yourself”
“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”
“Our lives are a constant process of improvisation – what you find inside yourself and what you create around yourself”
“Imagination is what sets us apart”
“We’ve been bought up to think there is a fundamental divide between intellect and emotion, but there really isn’t”
“Imagination is the stuff of human intelligence, and creativity is the executive wing of imagination, it’s putting imagination to work”
“Some people watch apples fall from trees and don’t care, but Newton couldn’t get over it! ”
“Life is its own meaning, and we can construct our own purpose within it”
“This is a package deal – body, soul, mind, spirit, it’s all one. We are not software”
“Inspiration is a cocktail of curiosity. A big part of becoming more creative as you grow up is remaining curious”
“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”