--- title: "9 Crazy inspirational Quotes By Steve Jobs" description: "9 Crazy inspirational quotes by Steve Jobs. Plus more from Steve Jobs and more Crazy inspirational sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/steve-jobs-307_best-job_focus-and-simplicity-once-you-get-there_961930.jpg" --- > [Focus and simplicity...once you get there, you can move mountains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/focus-and-simplicity-once-you-get-there-you-can-move-mountains/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/steve-jobs-307_best-job_focus-and-simplicity-once-you-get-there_961930.jpg) > [You're already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/you-re-already-naked-there-is-no-reason-not-to-follow-your-heart/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3d/steve-jobs-307_before-death_you-re-already-naked-there-is-no-reason_71780.jpg) > [Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/simple-can-be-harder-than-complex-you-have-to-work-hard-to-get-your-2/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/steve-jobs-307_best-job_simple-can-be-harder-than-complex-you-ha_2114188.jpg) > [No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/no-one-wants-to-die-even-people-who-want-to-go-to-heaven-don-t-want-4/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/steve-jobs-307_beautiful-death_no-one-wants-to-die-even-people-who-want_3030659.jpg) > [Death is very likely the single best invention of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/death-is-very-likely-the-single-best-invention-of-life/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f8/steve-jobs-307_beautiful-death_death-is-very-likely-the-single-best-inv_2713827.jpg) > [That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/that-s-been-one-of-my-mantras-focus-and-simplicity-simple-can-be-3/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/steve-jobs-307_best-job_that-s-been-one-of-my-mantras-focus-and_3211789.jpg) > [Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/right-now-the-new-is-you-but-someday-not-too-long-from-now-you-will/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/steve-jobs-307_best-job_right-now-the-new-is-you-but-someday-not_1258925.jpg) > [I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/i-m-convinced-that-about-half-of-what-separates-successful/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/steve-jobs-307_amazing-job_i-m-convinced-that-about-half-of-what-se_2893380.jpg) > [Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/death-is-very-likely-the-single-best-invention-of-life-it-is-life-s/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ec/steve-jobs-307_agents_death-is-very-likely-the-single-best-inv_924780.jpg) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crazy-inspirational/steve-jobs/#itemlist", "name": "9 Crazy inspirational Quotes By Steve Jobs", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Focus and simplicity...once you get there, you can move mountains.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steve Jobs" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/focus-and-simplicity-once-you-get-there-you-can-move-mountains/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/steve-jobs-307_best-job_focus-and-simplicity-once-you-get-there_961930.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/steve-jobs-307_best-job_focus-and-simplicity-once-you-get-there_961930.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/steve-jobs-307_best-job_focus-and-simplicity-once-you-get-there_961930.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Focus and simplicity...once you get there, you can move mountains.” — Steve Jobs", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You're already naked. 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