From "The Element" Ken Robinson

• When people are in the zone, they align naturally with a way of thinking that works best for them. There is a level of effortlessness and you simply don't feel time the same way. Everything comes more easily.
• One of the strongest signs of being in the zone is a sense of freedom and authenticity. When we are doing something that we love and are naturally good at, we are much more likely to feel centered in our true sense of self - to be who we truly feel we are.
• Doing the thing you love is no guarantee that you'll be in the zone every time. Sometimes the mood isn't right, the time is wrong and ideas just don't flow. "When its not going well, I put it away and try again tomorrow or the next day. What I don't do is watch other people's work that may make me feel worse".
• My definition of creativity is : "the process of having original ideas that have value". Imagination can be entirely internal. You couldn't be creative unless you actually did something.
• When they are very young, kids aren't particularly worried about being wrong. They'll just have a go at it and see how things turn out. What is true is that if you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.