Eichler homes. Mass market. Inspiration for Apple design
His intensity. Whatever he was interested in he carried on to an irrational extreme
Stay hungry stay foolish
Frutarian. Leaves picked by virgins in the moonlight
Alan Kay: the best way to predict the future is to invent it
Good artists copy. Great artists steal
In the annals of innovation, ideas are only part of the equation. Execution is just as important
Jobs on raskin: dreamer vs doer
Rebellion. Nietzche will to power.
Knows your weak points. Can crush you. Those not crushed = stronger.
Don’t compromise
Do you want to down the rest of your life selling sugar water or do you want to change the world
Think different
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. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About 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 people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do
If you need slides it means you don’t know what you’re talking about
True creativity comes from closed systems
The journey is the reward
Focus. Intensity.
Zen training
People don’t know what they want until you show it to them. Our job is to read what’s not yet on the page
jobs – “That’s the ante for being in the room. You have to be able to be super honest. Maybe there is a better way. A gentleman’s club where we all wear ties and speak in this Brahmin language and speak in velvet code words. But I don’t know that way because I’m middle class and from California.”