To ask "Where in your brain is intelligence?" is like asking "Where is the voice in the radio?"

There is no single truth, but each of the scholarly disciplines has methods which lead one ever closer to the truth.

Creativity begins with an affinity for something. It's like falling in love.

I think that every educator, indeed every human being, is concerned with what is true and what is not; what experiences to cherish and which ones to avoid; and how best to relate to other human beings. We differ in how conscious we are of these questions; how reflective we are about our own stances; whether we are aware of how these human virtues are threatened by critiques (philosophical, cultural) and by technologies (chiefly the digital media). A good educator should help us all to navigate our way in this tangled web of virtues.

Teachers must be encouraged - I almost said 'freed', to pursue an education that strives for depth of understanding.

An intelligence is the biological and psychological potential to analyze information in specific ways, in order to solve problems or to create products that are valued in a culture.

I am knowledgeable enough about the world of prizes to realize that there is a large degree of luck - both for the recognitions that you receive and those that you did not.