emmajess Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 I was looking through some old EYE mgazines last night and I saw this quote from Barbara Hepworth, the sculptor: 'Perhaps what one wants to say is formed in childhood and the rest of one's life is spent in trying to say it.' It got me to thinking it would be great to have a collection of all those great quotes -all the ones about the importance of play and of childhood and the outdoors and parents and, and, and... I know some people have got some great quotes on here anyway as their signature thing when they post. Just wondered what quotes really inspire your practice? Theorists, artists - I'm sure Einstein had some good ones! Think of it as a mini bank holiday challenge! x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Oh what a great idea! So here goes....... You don't have to see the whole staircase - just take the first step. Martin Luther King Failure is an attitude, not an outcome. Harvey Mackey. You like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 this is a dress-up box for the future & it's filled with stuff like courage & love & play because they're the only things that are any use at all when you get right down to it. (storypeople.com) If there is any secret to this life I live, this is it: the sound of what cannot be seen sings within everything that can. & there is nothing more to it than that. (Storypeople.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickylear Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou One of my tutors sent this to me, I think it's especially true in our work environments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamgirl Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 To dream of the person you would like to be, is to waste the person that you are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Ex-leader laminated several different quotes which we tacked to the walls- for staff and parents. My favourites were the Einstein quote: Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand. Even a genuis like Einstein recognised that knowledge is limited but imagination opens your eyes to all kinds of wonders... and also Margaret Macmillan, which I love and often makes me feel a little better about our awfully decorated, dated village hall! the best classroom and the richest cupboard is roofed only by the sky there are all sorts of other fantastic quotes but my memory is apalling so can't think of any more to add sorry, looking forward to reading other replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Creative play is like a spring that bubbles up from deep within a child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Be the change you want to see in the world (Ghandi) "THERE ARE TWO THINGS CHILDREN SHOULD GET: ROOTS AND WINGS." (JWGoethe) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 My husband has this quote at the end of his emails:- Divine Wisdom is knowing everything. Human Wisdom is knowing your limitations.” (Socrates 470 – 399BC) Nicky Sussex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 My favourite poem.... A child is........ A butterfly in the wind, Some can fly higher than others; but each one flies the best it can. Why compare one against the other? Each one is different! Each one is special! Each one is beautiful! Author Unknown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inge Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I may not remember. Involve me and I'll understand. — Native American Proverb or could be a Chinese proverb.. it is attributed to both Inge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublinbay Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 I have never let my schooling interfere with my education - Mark Twain Never eat more than you can lift - Miss Piggy Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed - Maria Montessori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Never eat more than you can lift - Miss Piggy Well that's where I've been going wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublinbay Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Well that's where I've been going wrong! Me too Sunnyday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upsy Daisy Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Never eat more than you can lift - Miss Piggy That doesn't count for chocolate does it? "Play is indeed the child's work, and the means whereby he grows and develops" Susan Isaacs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed - Maria Montessori Clearly she never had to deal with getting my younger daughter dressed in the mornings! I am all for independence, but I am not sure about allowing 2 year olds out wearing nothing but a pair of pants with both legs through one hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 "I'm afraid that's not high on my list of priorities for today" ex-headteacher "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go" Oscar Wilde on his death bed I use both to deal with trivial matters or things that bother others but should be allowed to carry on like the chairman of governors objecting to telling nursery children run around on a windy day with ribbons incase they strangle themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 "The more things change, the more they remain the same" (plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose) possibly especially apt for today's news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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