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Steve Jobs
American computer engineer & industrialist
| “ | A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets. | ” |
| “ | Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. | ” |
| “ | Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. | ” |
| “ | Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
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| “ | Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do. | ” |
| “ | I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better. | ” |
| “ | In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains of the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.
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| “ | Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. | ” |
| “ | So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' And they said, 'No.' So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.' | ” |
| “ | Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations. | ” |
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