“Our schools offer no conception of the scientific process of discovery. They do not encourage creative thought, in fact, they stifle it through too much rigidity in teaching. If we set out to give as little help as possible to originality in science, we could hardly devise a better plan than our education system. Youngsters ought to be told what is unknown about ourselves and our universe as well as what is known.” IfsGivingWellsLittlesFactsHelpingSchoolUniverseProcessKnownCreativeToo MuchPlansTeachingIgnoranceOughtOffersDiscoveryConceptionOriginalityEducation SystemYoungstersRigidityCreative ThoughtLittle Help Author:William Lipscomb
“The sole fact of having a school to train creative people is absolute lunacy... The idea of 'pedagogical vision' is ignoble, it has nothing to do with art, it's contrary to art. I really believe in teaching, despite what I say.” PeopleBelieveArtIdeasFactsSchoolEducationVisionCreativeTeachingAbsolutesTrainContraryDespiteSoleCreative PeopleIgnobleLunacy Author:Christian Boltanski
“After I started publishing poetry I got to teach creative writing. Eventually I was promoted and even got tenure. But then I felt compelled to drop everything and move. But I've been teaching for a long time. More than four decades.” WritingLongMovingFeltTeachCreativeFourTeachingLong TimeDecadesPublishingCompelledCreative WritingTenure Author:Joan Larkin
“An artist’s work is almost entirely inquiry based and self-regulated. It is a fragile process of teaching oneself to work alone, and focusing on how to hone your quirky creative obsessions so that they eventually become so oddly specific that they can only be your own.” SelfArtistProcessCreativeTeachingOneselfObsessionFragileInquiryQuirky Author:Teresita Fernandez
“From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to set the action, but setting is a vital element in fiction writing and deserves serious treatment.” KnowsWritingYearsActionFictionCreativeTeachingSeriousElementsDeserveSettingSettingsGrantedTreatmentCreative WritingFiction Writing Author:Garry Disher
“[America] doesn't have an emphasis anymore on original discovery. Everything is based on teaching and learning for tests. Memorizing what you are taught, not on actually making discoveries. People are being treated as herded cattle instead of as human beings capable of making original, creative discoveries.” PeopleHumansAmericaHuman BeingsCreativeTeachingTaughtCapableDiscoveryTestsOriginalsTreatedEmphasisCattleTeaching And LearningMemorizing Author:Kesha Rogers
“I do teach fiction and non-fiction, and usually I'm interested in works that confuse genre, but I'm very new to teaching creative writing, I don't have an MFA, or a PhD, I tend to approach it just through my own practice.” WritingMy OwnFictionTeachPracticeCreativeTeachingApproachGenreCreative WritingNon FictionPhds Author:Kate Zambreno
“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.” PeopleTryingFirstsBelieveCreativityCreativeTeachingFieldsTasksNurture Book:Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative Source: Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative
“I enjoy being a student and learning. I don't think you should ever stop being a student. That's where the most creative ideas come from. Teaching is a blessing as well because I get to share what I've learned and my passion for creative movement with people.” PeopleThinkingShouldWellsIdeasPassionEnjoyCreativeShareTeachingMovementStudentsBlessingI've LearnedMy PassionCreative Ideas Author:Derek Hough