Kids make their mark in life by doing what they can do, not what they can't... School is important, but life is more important. Being happy is using your skills productively, no matter what they are. — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
Contradictory precepts that have guided me for as long as I can remember: 1: I will live forever. 2: I will die tomorrow. — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
I believe that the brain has evolved over millions of years to be responsive to different kinds of content in the world. Language content,… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
Emile Zola was a poor student at his school at Aix. We are all so different largely because we all have different combinations of… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
We've got to do fewer things in school. The greatest enemy of understanding is coverage... You've got to take enough time to get kids… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
Students should learn about the long-standing values of truth, beauty, and goodness, think hard about them, and interrogate them skillfully. — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
The problems in our educational system are indissociable from broader malignant trends in our society, and they can't be solved by lots of testing… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
Intelligence is the ability to find and solve problems and create products of value in one's own culture. — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
To ask "Where in your brain is intelligence?" is like asking "Where is the voice in the radio?" — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
“Stories are the single most powerful weapon in a leader’s arsenal” — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
The biggest communities in which young people now reside are online communities. — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
If I know you're very good in music, I can predict with just about zero accuracy whether you're going to be good or bad… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
Perhaps, indeed, there are no truly universal ethics: or to put it more precisely, the ways in which ethical principles are interpreted will inevitably… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
I favor a system where students in publicly funded institutions make a commitment: if they do well in the private sector, they will revert… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
An individual understands a concept, skill, theory, or domain of knowledge to the extent that he or she can apply it appropriately in a… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
If we want to have good workers and good citizens, we need to create common spaces in which individuals can talk about the moral… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
