Apple was our benefactor at starting General Magic, but about a year later decided they would rather BE General Magic and tried to make us blink out of existence... which we eventually did, but it took a few years. — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
Working long hours being single helps because your time is yours. Once you have a family your time isn't all yours anymore. Most of… — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
It's [programming] the only job I can think of where I get to be both an engineer and an artist. There's an incredible, rigorous,… — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
I'm the kind of developer who likes to throw lightning rods around. To make a great program there's got to be at least one… — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
As you know, Microsoft eventually kind of grabbed the gold ring out of Apple's hands, I guess. — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
But typically for a project like the Mac, the size we had was pretty good. And it has different stages. The team grows as… — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
Part of Steve's job was to drum into us how important what we were doing actually would be to the world — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
We were developing an innovative Personal Information Manager called Chandler but a couple years ago I took off from that to do a project… — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
I got bitten by the free software bug in February of 1998 around the time of the Mozilla announcement. — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
I left Apple in April of 1984, pretty soon after the introduction of the Mac. — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
I was a grad student at UC Berkeley when I bought my Apple II and it suddenly because a lot more interesting than school — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
You show me a great program and I'll show you a passionate individual somewhere behind it. — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
Scotty heard that I was thinking about quitting Apple because of his actions, so he called me into his office and asked what it… — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
![“It's [programming] the only job I can think of where I get to be both an engineer and an artist. There's an incredible, rigorous, technical element to it, which I like because you have to do very precise thinking. On the other hand, it has a wildly creative side where the boundaries of imagination…” quote by Andy Hertzfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/001/andy-hertzfeld-24074_art_it-s-programming-the-only-job-i-can-thin_250407.jpg)
