“Jobs had perfected the art of turning product launches into theatrical productions,” — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“he never finished any of the works he began because, so sublime was his idea of art, he saw faults even in… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas. — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“poet convinced both of his own talent and of the need to be self-indulgent in order to be a great artist.” — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“It seemed to him that the hand was not able to attain to the perfection of art in carrying out the things… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
One of the strongest motives that leads men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“How did he get his ideas? “I’m enough of an artist to draw freely on my imagination. Imagination is more important than… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
The Mona Lisa, to me, is the greatest emotional painting ever done. The way the smile flickers makes it a work of… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
The older I get, the more I see how much motivations matter. The Zune was crappy because the people at Microsoft don’t… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“More than that, the iPod became the essence of everything Apple was destined to be: poetry connected to engineering, arts and creativity… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
I think America is really well-positioned, because we do train people to be creative and sometimes resist authority, which helps in being… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“I wanted to buy it because I was really into computer graphics,” Jobs recalled. “I realized they were way ahead of others… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Your thoughts construct patterns like scaffolding in your mind. You are really etching chemical patterns. In most cases, people get stuck in… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much.… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“The good painter has to paint two principal things, man and the intention of his mind,” he wrote. “The first is easy… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Jobs tended to be deeply moved by artists who displayed purity, and he became a fan. He invited Ma to play at… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of all… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
So that’s our approach. Very simple, and we’re really shooting for Museum of Modern Art quality. The way we’re running the company,… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“producing technology requires intuition and creativity, and how producing something artistic takes real discipline. Jobs” — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“It was yet another example of Jobs consciously positioning himself at the intersection of the arts and technology. In all of his… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“In notes for his treatise on painting, Leonardo recommended to young artists this practice of walking around town, finding people to use… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Jobs was a strong-willed, elitist artist who didn't want his creations mutated inauspiciously by unworthy programmers. To him it would be as… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“What was remarkable was that associating with a computer and electronics company was the best way for a rock band to seem… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“There are historical moments when an alignment of forces causes a shift in human outlook. It happened to art and philosophy and… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“he never finished any of the works he began because, so sublime was his idea of art, he saw faults even in the things… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
He had the attitude that he could do anything, and therefore so can you. He put his life in my hands. So that made… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
But the point is to get a whole new generation of people and people in general more re-engaged in news, and this has happened… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Jobs's intensity was also evident in his ability to focus. He would set priorities, aim his laser attention on them, and filter out distractions.… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Atop the brochure McKenna put a maxim, often attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, that would become the defining precept of Jobs’s design philosophy: “Simplicity… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“You have to remain critically vigilant.” Question every premise, challenge conventional wisdom, and never accept the truth of something merely because everyone else views… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“in 1996, bought NeXT, bringing Jobs back. BILL ATKINSON. Early Apple employee, developed graphics for the Macintosh. CHRISANN BRENNAN. Jobs’s girlfriend at Homestead High,… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“The last time there was this much excitement about a tablet, it had some commandments written on it.” — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“There was a key lesson for innovation: Understand which industries are symbiotic so that you can capitalize on how they will spur each other… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
