Inventor Quotes

58 quotes in this collection

"I think death is the most wonderful invention of life. It purges the system of these old models that are obsolete."

-- Steve Jobs

"Let's go invent tomorrow rather than worrying about what happened yesterday."

-- Steve Jobs

"Details matter, it’s worth waiting to get it right."

-- Steve Jobs

"If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much."

-- Steve Jobs

"The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller."

-- Steve Jobs

"A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them."

-- Steve Jobs

"Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?"

-- Steve Jobs

"Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart."

-- Steve Jobs

"Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you."

-- Steve Jobs

"Focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex."

-- Steve Jobs

"I think the things you regret most in life are the things you didn't do."

-- Steve Jobs

"Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations."

-- Steve Jobs

"If you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next."

-- Steve Jobs

"Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people."

-- Steve Jobs

"The journey is the reward."

-- Steve Jobs

"Creativity is just connecting things."

-- Steve Jobs

"It’s not a faith in technology. It’s faith in people."

-- Steve Jobs

"Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple."

-- Steve Jobs

"Real artists ship."

-- Steve Jobs

"If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."

-- Steve Jobs

"I want to put a ding in the universe."

-- Steve Jobs

"Getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me."

-- Steve Jobs

"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me."

-- Steve Jobs

"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."

-- Steve Jobs
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