Let's go invent tomorrow instead of worrying about what happened yesterday.
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Citations by Steve Jobs
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Art)
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
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When you're young, you look at television and think: there's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That's a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It's the truth.
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I think Pixar has the opportunity to be the next Disney, not replace Disney, but be the next Disney.
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Miele really thought the process through. They did such a great job designing these washers and dryers. I got more thrill out of them than I have out of any piece of high tech in years.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Job)
The system is that there is no system. That doesn't mean we don't have process. Apple is a very disciplined company, and we have great processes. But that's not what it's about. Process makes you more efficient.
But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10: 30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem. It's ad hoc meetings of six people called by someone who thinks he has figured out the coolest new thing ever and who wants to know what other people think of his idea.
And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Music)
The subscription model of buying music is bankrupt. I think you could make available the Second Coming in a subscription model and it might not be successful.
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Why would I ever want to run Disney? Wouldn't it make more sense just to sell them Pixar and retire?
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There are sneakers that cost more than an iPod.
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