Quotes from Evan Spiegel

TheIinternet is a timeless void - you put something in there, and it's there forever and loses a lot of context.

We don't want to own people's photos. We want to help them communicate with friends in whatever way makes them happiest.

For Snapchat, the closer we can get to 'I want to talk to you' - that emotion of wanting to see you and then seeing you - the better and better our product and our view of the world will be.

It's no surprise companies that quickly grow in value attract those who may want to also profit from the hard work of others.

Technology businesses in general are susceptible to hacking. That's why you have to work really, really, really hard with law enforcement, with security experts, internal and external groups, to make sure you're paying attention and addressing security concerns.

I think, with any new product that's difficult to understand, there are always lots of questions and criticism. I think we have all the right criticism. We're just going to keep executing on what we believe.

I'd like to create a space for people who have a lot of talent but not a lot of reach.

We've never been anti-permanence. We just belief deletion should be the default.

Ephemeral should be the default.

It would be better for everyone if we deleted everything by default and saved the things that are important to us.

The social marketing teams of big companies will always figure out a way to advertise on Snapchat. I'd like to create a space for people who have a lot of talent but not a lot of reach.

One of the things I'm trying to get better at is apologizing when I make mistakes. That's been a big priority of mine.

We're kind of looking at a future where people acknowledge the hybridization of digital and analog, and appreciate and understand that they both affect each other.

I don't want to disrupt anything. We never conceive of our products as disruptive - we don't look at something and say, 'Let's disrupt that.' It's always about how we can evolve this and make this better.

I think diversity is a challenge everywhere.

Conforming happens so naturally that we can forget how powerful it is. But the thing that makes us human are those times we listen to the whispers of our soul and allow ourselves to be pulled in another direction.

I text nonstop, and I love emoji. I'm also on the phone quite a bit for work - probably more than 10 calls per day.

We no longer have to capture the 'real world' and recreate it online. We simply live and communicate at the same time.

It's important to be thoughtful and mindful about the things you say to other people.

There is real value in sharing moments that don't live forever.

Online one day, you log in, and you realise, 'This is not me.' Everything you're posting, you're doing it in the context of everything you've posted before. Let's delete everything, save the stuff that's important, and then you only have to organise the one per cent that's worth keeping.

I'm not a great manager; I try to be a great leader. And for me, that's been going through a process of not how to be a great CEO but how to be a great Evan, and that's really been the challenge.

Five years ago, we came to the realization that the camera can be used for more than capturing memories. We showed it can be used for talking. The dream for us is expanding the camera and what it can do for your life. It has capabilities beyond making memories.

It's not about working harder; it's about working the system.