"By creating we think, by living we learn"

Sir Patrick Geddes, 1924

Geddes' motto was more often used by him in Latin: 'Vivendo Discimisus' (by living we learn) and 'Creando Pensamus' (by creating we think). The sayings are thought to reflect his core ideas that learning should be rooted in real life experience and that the best original thinking is a creative process. We might recognise Geddes motto as also being the core principles of coaching.