“Being strong-willed is not enough, however. You also have to be hard on yourself. Someone who was strong-willed but self-indulgent would not… — Paul Graham Determination Copy Share Image
“You need three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to… — Paul Graham Entrepreneurship Copy Share Image
“When Bauhaus designers adopted Sullivan's "form follows function," what they meant was, form should follow function. And if function is hard enough,… — Paul Graham Ed sullivan Copy Share Image
Empirically the way you get a product visionary as CEO is for him to found the company and not get fired. — Paul Graham Business Copy Share Image
“If I had a choice of living in a society where I was materially much better off than I am now, but… — Paul Graham Poverty Copy Share Image
“If Apple were to grow the iPod into a cell phone with a web browser, Microsoft would be in big trouble.” — Paul Graham Cell phone Copy Share Image
If you could replace high-school yearbooks, that could be a lot of money. It's so clearly waiting for someone to come along. — Paul Graham Along Copy Share Image
“I’ve programmed in all kinds of languages, said the tough old hacker as he eased up to the bar, and it don’t… — Paul Graham Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“When I was in art school, we were looking one day at a slide of some great fifteenth century painting, and one… — Paul Graham Art Copy Share Image
“You might find contradictory taboos. In one culture it might seem shocking to think x, while in another it was shocking not… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“As for building something users love, here are some general tips. Start by making something clean and simple that you would want… — Paul Graham Programming Copy Share Image
“if you can imagine someone surpassing you, you should do it yourself.” — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“I don’t predict the demise of object-oriented programming, by the way. Object-oriented programming offers a sustainable way to write spaghetti code.” — Paul Graham Programming Copy Share Image
“Good design looks easy. Like great athletes, great designers make it look easy. Mostly this is an illusion.” — Paul Graham Great Athletes Copy Share Image
If you really understand something, you can say it in the fewest words, instead of thrashing about. — Paul Graham About Copy Share Image
If you imagine someone with 100 percent determination and 100 percent intelligence, you can discard a lot of intelligence before they stop… — Paul Graham Before Copy Share Image
“There are few sources of energy so powerful as a procrastinating college student.” — Paul Graham College student Copy Share Image
“Of course, figuring out what you like to work on doesn't mean you get to work on it. That's a separate question.… — Paul Graham Every day Copy Share Image
“Object-oriented programming offers a sustainable way to write spaghetti code. It lets you accrete programs as a series of patches.” — Paul Graham Programming Copy Share Image
“If you can’t find ten Lisp hackers, then your company is probably based in the wrong city for developing software” — Paul Graham Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“Someone trying to live well would seem eccentrically abstemious in most of the US. That phenomenon is only going to become more… — Paul Graham Live well Copy Share Image
“Users are a double-edged sword. They can help you improve your language, but they can also deter you from improving. So choose… — Paul Graham Irony Copy Share Image
“Suppose you are a little, nimble guy being chased by a big, fat, bully. You open a door and find yourself in… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“The recipe for great work is: very exacting taste, plus the ability to gratify it.” — Paul Graham Creation Copy Share Image
