“Children are creative persons, not scholiasts; they use language as the artist the world over has used his medium, not as an end in itself but as a means for the expression of thought and feeling.”

Language as a tool of feeling rather than a school subject · Book, Creative Power

• Art
• Children
• Language

“Writing is an outward expression of instinctive insight that must be summoned from the vastly deep of our mysterious selves. Therefore, it cannot be taught; indeed, it cannot even be summoned; it can only be permitted.”

The teacher's task is to make room for what cannot be forced · Educational writing, commonly attributed

• Inspiration
• Teaching
• Writing

“The creative school cares not how inept and slovenly a lad may be the whole term, if it sees something personal and fine taking slow possession of him.”

Patience with awkward beginnings if a personal voice is taking shape · Book, Creative Power

• Creativity
• Education
• Growth