--- title: "7 Devices Quotes By Steve Jobs" description: "7 Devices quotes by Steve Jobs. Plus more from Steve Jobs and more Devices sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/steve-jobs-307_company_we-had-the-hardware-expertise-the-indust_372303.jpg" --- > [We had the hardware expertise, the industrial design expertise and the software expertise, including iTunes. One of the biggest insights we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/we-had-the-hardware-expertise-the-industrial-design-expertise-and-the/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/steve-jobs-307_company_we-had-the-hardware-expertise-the-indust_372303.jpg) > [An iPod, a phone, an internet mobile communicator... these are NOT three separate devices! And we are calling it iPhone! Today Apple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/an-ipod-a-phone-an-internet-mobile-communicator-these-are-not-three/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ea/steve-jobs-307_apple_an-ipod-a-phone-an-internet-mobile-commu_469167.jpg) > [What we want to do is make a leapfrog product that is way smarter than any mobile device has ever been, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/what-we-want-to-do-is-make-a-leapfrog-product-that-is-way-smarter/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe5/steve-jobs-307_devices_what-we-want-to-do-is-make-a-leapfrog-pr_1680537.jpg) > [The desktop metaphor was invented because one, you were a stand-alone device, and two, you had to manage your own storage. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/the-desktop-metaphor-was-invented-because-one-you-were-a-stand-alone/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ff/steve-jobs-307_big_the-desktop-metaphor-was-invented-becaus_1820085.jpg) > [Our goal is to make the best devices in the world, not to be the biggest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/our-goal-is-to-make-the-best-devices-in-the-world-not-to-be-the/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/628/steve-jobs-307_best_our-goal-is-to-make-the-best-devices-in_2123140.jpg) > [I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use. It would be seamlessly synced with all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/i-d-like-to-create-an-integrated-television-set-that-is-completely/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/010/steve-jobs-307_cracked_i-d-like-to-create-an-integrated-televis_2460865.jpg) > [So let's not use a stylus. We're going to use the best pointing device in the world. We're going to use a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/so-let-s-not-use-a-stylus-we-re-going-to-use-the-best-pointing-device/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/044/steve-jobs-307_born_so-let-s-not-use-a-stylus-we-re-going-to_2927434.jpg) ## Other authors on Devices ## 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/devices/steve-jobs/#itemlist", "name": "7 Devices Quotes By Steve Jobs", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We had the hardware expertise, the industrial design expertise and the software expertise, including iTunes. 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