What's awesome about social media is you curate your own experience. That leads to the rise of niche celebrities, who are actually just as popular as mass celebrities, but because there's no incentive for traditional media to invest in them… — Kevin Systrom Copy Share Image
On the intimate relationships, I'd say you can be someone who wouldn't normally get attention in traditional media and come onto Instagram and build this massive following. — Kevin Systrom Copy Share Image
If you've got an idea, start today. There's no better time than now to get going. That doesn't mean quit your job and jump… — Kevin Systrom Copy Share Image
What people tell you and how they act is very, very different sometimes. — Kevin Systrom Copy Share Image
I've always been into taking my photos, cropping them square, putting them through a filter in Photoshop. — Kevin Systrom Copy Share Image
Instagram was created because there was no single place dedicated to giving your mobile photos a place to live and to be seen. — Kevin Systrom Copy Share Image
The major reason why Instagram works is that you can follow anyone out there and start following their photos immediately. — Kevin Systrom Copy Share Image
I believe photos is one of the underlying things in every social network that becomes successful. — Kevin Systrom Copy Share Image
I was never as focused in math, science, computer science, etcetera, as the people who were best at it. I wanted to create amazing… — Kevin Systrom Copy Share Image
I think not focusing on money makes you sane, because in the long run it can probably drive you crazy. — Kevin Systrom Copy Share Image
People have presences, both online and in real life. You can choose to show everything, meaning all sides of you, or you can choose… — Kevin Systrom Copy Share Image
We're just taking people and shifting them from taking photos anyway to taking them on Instagram. — Kevin Systrom Copy Share Image
If you've got an idea, start today. There's no better time than now to get going. — Kevin Systrom Copy Share Image
A lot of the earliest Instagram celebrities took really beautiful photos. But you're starting to see a change where it's not about beauty; it's… — Kevin Systrom Copy Share Image
