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Apples Quotes by Steve Jobs

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Steve Jobs says Apple succeeds by standing at the crossroads of technology and liberal arts, blending design with engineering. He criticizes Android’s fragmentation and stresses Apple’s integrated model that keeps the user experience smooth. He also reminds that Apple’s goal isn’t simply to make money, but to create good products that people will love.

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Pixar is the most technically advanced creative company; Apple is the most creatively advanced technical company.

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The roots of apple were to build computers for people, not for corporations. The world doesn't need another dell or compaq.

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My opinion is that the only two computer companies that are software-driven are Apple and NeXT, and I wonder about Apple.

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I get asked a lot why Apple's customers are so loyal. It's not because they belong to the Church of Mac! That's…

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Our friends up north spend over five billion dollars on research and development and all they seem to do is copy Google…

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Woz is living his own life now. He hasn't been around Apple for about five years. But what he did will go…

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Apple stores are intended not just to move boxes, but to enrich lives.

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We're cautious. We'd rather exceed expectations than miss but I think it's going to be a continued difficult economy. Apple is trying…

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Well, Apple invented the PC as we know it, and then it invented the graphical user interface as we know it eight…

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We're not a media company. We don't own media. We don't own music. We don't own films or television. We're not a…

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Each year has been so robust with problems and successes and learning experiences and human experienes that a year is a lifetime…

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The system is that there is no system. That doesn't mean we don't have process. Apple is a very disciplined company, and…

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I'd say we [Apple Inc.] are the most creative of the technology companies and definitely the most artist-friendly. Almost everyone in the…

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It's not about charisma and personality, it's about results and products and those very bedrock things that are why people at Apple…

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We think Android is very, very fragmented, and becoming more fragmented by the day. And as you know, Apple strives for the…

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I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever…

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I mean, some people say, 'Oh, God, if [Jobs] got run over by a bus, Apple would be in trouble.' And, you…

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That's why I think death is the most wonderful invention of life. It purges the system of these old models that are…

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We've had one of these before, when the dot-com bubble burst. What I told our company was that we were just going…

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I was actually a fruitarian at that point in time. I ate only fruit. Now I'm a garbage can like everyone else.…

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The desktop computer industry is dead. Innovation has virtually ceased. Microsoft dominates with very little innovation. That's over. Apple lost. The desktop…

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At Apple, people are putting in 18-hour days. We attract a different type of person—a person who doesn’t want to wait five…

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The engineering is long gone in most PC companies. In the consumer electronics companies, they don't understand the software parts of it.…

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The system is that there is no system. That doesn't mean we don't have process. Apple is a very disciplined company, and…

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But Apple really beats to a different drummer. I used to say that Apple should be the Sony of this business, but…

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If I were running Apple, I would milk the Macintosh for all it's worth - and get busy on the next great…

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The reason that Apple is able to create products like iPad is because we always try to be at the intersection of…

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Innovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM…

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I feel like somebody just punched me in the stomach and knocked all my wind out. I'm only 30 years old and…

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Apple is the only company in the world that has all of that under one roof. We can invent a complete a…

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We have never worried about numbers. In the marketplace, Apple is trying to focus the spotlight on products, because products really make…

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Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had…

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You know, I've got a plan that could rescue Apple. I can't say any more than that it's the perfect product and…

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Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything. It's very fortunate if you can work on just…

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That's what Walt Disney did, and Hewlett and Packard, and the people who built Intel. They created a company to last, not…

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Apple has some tremendous assets, but I believe without some attention, the company could, could, could - I'm searching for the right…

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An iPod, a phone, an internet mobile communicator... these are NOT three separate devices! And we are calling it iPhone! Today Apple…

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There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote that I love. 'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it…

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Team, it turned out that Michael Dell wasn't perfect at predicting the future. Based on today's stock market close, Apple is worth…

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Apple's goal isn't to make money. Our goal is to design and develop and bring to market good products... We trust as…

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The reason that Apple is able to create products like iPad is because we always try to be at the intersection of technology and…

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When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop…

I'm not dismissing the value of higher education; I'm simply saying it comes at the expense of experience.

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The most important thing is a person. A person who incites your curiosity and feeds your curiosity; and machines cannot do that in the…

The tragedy is that Dell didn't win it - we lost it.

“I think great artists and great engineers are similar, in that they both have a desire to express themselves. In fact some of the…

It's rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing.

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