It's not how smart you are that matters, what really counts is how you are smart. — Howard Gardner Inspirational Copy Share Image
If you think education is expensive, try estimating the cost of ignorance. — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
Much of the material presented in schools strikes students as alien, if not pointless. — Howard Gardner Aliens Copy Share Image
We need to focus on the kind of human beings we want to have and the kind of society in which we… — Howard Gardner Community Copy Share Image
The biggest communities in which young people now reside are online communities. — Howard Gardner Community Copy Share Image
We can enhance our intelligences, but I am never going to become Yo-Yo Ma, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, or Pele. — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
The ability to solve problems or to create products that are valued within one or more cultural settings. — Howard Gardner Ability 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
Kids go to school and college and get through, but they don't seem to really care about using their minds. School doesn't… — Howard Gardner Care Copy Share Image
It's absolutely clear to me that Obama has enormous intrapersonal intelligence. His book, 'Dreams from My Father,' is an amazing book, and… — Howard Gardner Amazing Copy Share Image
A continuing conversation with other persons, with cultural products, and with oneself, is a large part of what it means to be… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
No academic ever expects to be taken seriously by more than three other people, because really, we write for three people in… — Howard Gardner Academic Copy Share Image
For many, perhaps most, Americans, markets are sacrosanct. Most people in the United States cannot even envision a society that doesn't revolve… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
I want my children to understand the world, but not just because the world is fascinating and the human mind is curious.… — Howard Gardner Better place Copy Share Image
My belief in why America has been doing so well up to now is that we have been propelled by our immigrants… — Howard Gardner America Copy Share Image
Being creative means first of all doing something unusual... On the other hand, however unusual it may be, the idea also has… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
As a planet, we are at risk of destruction (for example, gradually by the warming of the planet; or rapidly, by nuclear… — Howard Gardner Destruction Copy Share Image
Now intelligence seemed quantifiable. You could measure someone's actual or potential height, and now, it seemed, you could also measure someone's actual… — Howard Gardner Ability Copy Share Image
Since the dawn of civilization, markets have been ubiquitous. Many of us have benefited from their focus and efficiency. Yet two widely… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
The wonderful thing about the theater is that it can emphasize BOTH our diversity AND our common humanity. In many ways, the… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
When a child is thriving, there is no reason to spend time assessing intelligences. But when a child is NOT thriving -… — Howard Gardner Assessing Copy Share Image
In roughly the last century, important experiments have been launched by such charismatic educators as Maria Montessori, Rudolf Steiner, Shinichi Suzuki, John… — Howard Gardner Approach Copy Share Image
What we want... is for students to get more interested in things, more involved in them, more engaged in wanting to know;… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
A lot of knowledge in any kind of an organization is what we call task knowledge. These are things that people who… — Howard Gardner Culture Copy Share Image
As history unfolds, as cultures evolve, of course the intelligences which they value change. — Howard Gardner Change Copy Share Image
In order for me to 'endorse' an intelligence, I need to carry out lots of research. — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
In the United States these days, 'diversity' is a big word and a buzzword. — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
There is no single truth, but each of the scholarly disciplines has methods which lead one ever closer to the truth. — Howard Gardner Discipline 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… — Howard Gardner Education Copy Share Image
In a large country like the United States or India, families differ significantly on their own education values, and I don't believe… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
I reject the notion that human beings have a single intelligence, which can be drawn on for the full range of problem… — Howard Gardner Human beings Copy Share Image
I'd rather see the United States as a beacon of good work and good citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international… — Howard Gardner Beacons Copy Share Image
Most people (by the time they have become adults ) can't change their minds because their neural pathways have become set... the… — Howard Gardner Adults Copy Share Image
While truth is ultimately convergent, beauty is ultimately divergent. No one can and no one should tell anyone else what that person… — Howard Gardner Beautiful Copy Share Image
I want to understand how best to create and preserve a form of higher education that we value but that is in… — Howard Gardner Education 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… — Howard Gardner Accuracy Copy Share Image
Truth is about propositions. When it comes to determining truth, it is vital to understand the methods used by individuals in asserting… — 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… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
It may well be easier to remember a list if one sings it (or dances to it). However, these uses of the… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching has been to treat all students as if they were variants of the same… — Howard Gardner Biggest mistake Copy Share Image