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> [I began to realize that an intuitive understanding and consciousness was more significant than abstract thinking and intellectual logical analysis. Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect, in my opinion. That's had a big impact on my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/i-began-to-realize-that-an-intuitive-understanding-and-consciousness-2/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

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> [Coming back to America was, for me, much more of a culture shock than going to India. The people in the Indian countryside don't use their intellect like we do, they use their intuition instead, and their intuition is far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/coming-back-to-america-was-for-me-much-more-of-a-culture-shock-than/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

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## More by Steve Jobs

> [Who wants a stylus. You have to get em and put em away, and you lose em. Yuck. Nobody wants a stylus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/who-wants-a-stylus-you-have-to-get-em-and-put-em-away-and-you-lose-em/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [The reason that Apple is able to create products like iPad is because we always try to be at the intersection of technology and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/the-reason-that-apple-is-able-to-create-products-like-ipad-is-because/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [I admire Mark Zuckerberg... for not selling out, for wanting to make a company. I admire that a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/i-admire-mark-zuckerberg-for-not-selling-out-for-wanting-to-make-a/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [If you want to hire great people and have them stay, you have to be run by ideas, not hierarchy. The best ideas have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/if-you-want-to-hire-great-people-and-have-them-stay-you-have-to-be/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/everything-around-you-that-you-call-life-was-made-up-by-people-that/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [“Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It's about saying NO to all but the most crucial features.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/innovation-is-not-about-saying-yes-to-everything-it-s-about-saying-no/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/i-have-always-said-if-there-ever-came-a-day-when-i-could-no-longer/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/when-you-first-start-off-trying-to-solve-a-problem-the-first/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [I'm not dismissing the value of higher education; I'm simply saying it comes at the expense of experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/i-m-not-dismissing-the-value-of-higher-education-i-m-simply-saying-it/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [“To YoYo Ma: "You playing is the best argument I've ever heard for the existence of God, because I don't really believe a human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/to-yoyo-ma-you-playing-is-the-best-argument-i-ve-ever-heard-for-the/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [The most important thing is a person. A person who incites your curiosity and feeds your curiosity; and machines cannot do that in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/the-most-important-thing-is-a-person-a-person-who-incites-your/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [The tragedy is that Dell didn't win it - we lost it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/the-tragedy-is-that-dell-didn-t-win-it-we-lost-it/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [“I think great artists and great engineers are similar, in that they both have a desire to express themselves. In fact some of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/i-think-great-artists-and-great-engineers-are-similar-in-that-they/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [It's rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/it-s-rare-that-you-see-an-artist-in-his-30s-or-40s-able-to-really/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [We're going to be able to ask our computers to monitor things for us, and when certain conditions happen, are triggered, the computers will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/we-re-going-to-be-able-to-ask-our-computers-to-monitor-things-for-us/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

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