Howard Gardner

“We have this myth that the only way to learn something is to read it in a textbook or hear a lecture on it...But that's nonsense. Everything can be taught in more than one way.”

“It's not how smart you are, it's how you are smart.”

“I want my children to understand the world, but not just because the world is fascinating and the human mind is curious. I want them to understand it so that they will be positioned to make it a better place.”

“Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit.”

“Anything that is worth teaching can be presented in many different ways. These multiple ways can make use of our multiple intelligences.”

“An individual understands a concept, skill, theory, or domain of knowledge to the extent that he or she can apply it appropriately in a new situation.”

“If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.”

“A great deal of learning can occur through watching and listening to others.”

“The goal of education is to help people use their minds better.”

“We should spend less time ranking children and more time helping them to identify their natural competencies and gifts and cultivate these.”

“Creativity begins with a mystery.”

“The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching has been to treat all students as if they were variants of the same individual and thus to feel justified in teaching them all the same subjects in the same way.”

“What's important is the ability to use your mind to solve a problem, to create a product that is valued in at least one culture.”

“A person isn't smart in one way. A person is smart in many ways.”

“A good person is a person who is trying to be a good person.”

“Human beings have a universal set of intelligences.”