“There was a key lesson for innovation: Understand which industries are symbiotic so that you can capitalize on how they will spur… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
Most of the collaborations of technology were done by teams...Collaboration is key to creativity — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“This is also, I hope, a book about innovation. At a time when the United States is seeking ways to sustain its… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Hertzfeld recalled that Gates just sat there coolly, looking at Steve in the eye, before hurling back, in his squeaky voice, what… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“I wanted to buy it because I was really into computer graphics,” Jobs recalled. “I realized they were way ahead of others… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“On its first over was the famous picture of Earth taken from space; its subtitle was "Access to Tools." The underlying philosophy… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“More than that, the iPod became the essence of everything Apple was destined to be: poetry connected to engineering, arts and creativity… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“If Apple is going to succeed, he told me, we’re going to win on innovation. And you can’t win on innovation unless… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Steve created the only lifestyle brand in the tech industry,” Larry Ellison said. “There are cars people are proud to have—Porsche, Ferrari,… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“I discovered that the best innovation is sometimes the company, the way you organize a company. The whole notion of how you… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
You and I love understanding American Revolution, but let's also understand the digital revolution, because that makes us more comfortable with our… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“In all of his products, technology would be married to great design, elegance, human touches and even romance.” — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“It was yet another example of Jobs consciously positioning himself at the intersection of the arts and technology. In all of his… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
I think the biggest innovations of the twenty-first century will be the intersection of biology and technology. A new era is beginning,… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“producing technology requires intuition and creativity, and how producing something artistic takes real discipline. Jobs” — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
I discovered that the best innovation is sometimes the company, the way you organize a company. The whole notion of how you… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
for Steve, less is always more, simpler is always better. Therefore, if you can build a glass box with fewer elements, it’s… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“He was incredibly phony, a complete poseur... He pretended to be interested in technology, but he wasn't. He was a marketing guy,… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Was [Steve Jobs] smart? No, not exceptionally. Instead, he was a genius. His imaginative leaps were instinctive, unexpected, and at times magical.… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“he never finished any of the works he began because, so sublime was his idea of art, he saw faults even in the things… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
He had the attitude that he could do anything, and therefore so can you. He put his life in my hands. So that made… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
But the point is to get a whole new generation of people and people in general more re-engaged in news, and this has happened… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Jobs's intensity was also evident in his ability to focus. He would set priorities, aim his laser attention on them, and filter out distractions.… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Atop the brochure McKenna put a maxim, often attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, that would become the defining precept of Jobs’s design philosophy: “Simplicity… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“You have to remain critically vigilant.” Question every premise, challenge conventional wisdom, and never accept the truth of something merely because everyone else views… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“in 1996, bought NeXT, bringing Jobs back. BILL ATKINSON. Early Apple employee, developed graphics for the Macintosh. CHRISANN BRENNAN. Jobs’s girlfriend at Homestead High,… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“The last time there was this much excitement about a tablet, it had some commandments written on it.” — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“There was a key lesson for innovation: Understand which industries are symbiotic so that you can capitalize on how they will spur each other… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
