My motivation for all my companies has been to be involved in something that I thought would have a significant impact on… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Stationary storage will be as big as the car business long term. The growth rate will probably be several times what it… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Some companies out there quote a start of production that is substantially in advance of when customers get their cars. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I wish we could be private with Tesla. It actually makes us less efficient to be a public company. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
SpaceX is only 12 years old now. Between now and 2040, the company's lifespan will have tripled. If we have linear improvement… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
If you're co-founder or CEO, you have to do all kinds of tasks you might not want to do. If you don't… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Automotive franchise laws were put in place decades ago to prevent a manufacturer from unfairly opening stores in direct competition with an… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I think the high-tech industry is used to developing new things very quickly. It's the Silicon Valley way of doing business: You… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You're encouraged to behave like a… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
In the case of Apple, they did originally do production internally, but then along came unbelievably good outsourced manufacturing from companies like… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Focus on something that has high value to someone else, be really rigorous in making that assessment, because natural human tendency is… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Starting a business is not for everyone. Starting a business - I'd say, number one is have a high pain threshold. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I had so many people try to talk me out of starting a rocket company, it was crazy. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I care very deeply about the people at Tesla. I feel like I have a great debt to the people of Tesla… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Well, my motivation behind Tesla is really to do as much good as possible for the environment and the electric-vehicle revolution. I… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The odds of me coming into the rocket business, not knowing anything about rockets, not having ever built anything, I mean, I… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The only reason I was able to accomplish things is the great people willing to work with me. A company is a… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it's probably… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Some companies out there quote a start of production that is substantially in advance of when customers get their cars. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I'm glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That's cool. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
When we got Tesla going at the very beginning, if you asked me what I thought the odds of success were, I would have… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
In order for us to have a future that's exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we're a space-bearing civilization. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The lessons of history would suggest that civilisations move in cycles. You can track that back quite far - the Babylonians, the Sumerians, followed… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear: I'm not trying to be anyone's… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if - the probable outcome is failure. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
