Quotes from David Karp

I want to build something I'd be happy to be employed by 10 years out.

I always carry my camera with me.

Reading for me will be a combination of books, magazines, Tumblr and just kind of the Web in general on the iPad.

There are a lot of rich people in the world. There are very few people who have the privilege of getting to invent things that billions of people use.

Today there are millions of people making stuff and putting it into the world: that's become part of our identity and it shouldn't be limited to people who fancy themselves writers, or who are particularly witty or talented.

The biggest lesson has been the importance of constantly repeating the mission. It means bringing the team together every week to talk about all of our projects, progress, and vision.

I've found that if you're not responsive to e-mail, it trains people to leave you alone.

Entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.

People tell me I need an assistant, but I dont want one.

I'm very antischedule. Except for board meetings, I don't really schedule things or keep a calendar. I think appointments are caustic to creativity.

Where I feel the most productive and engaged is when I'm buried in code, buried in some project, tweaking some designs. I'm certainly introverted.

I never spent much time with people my own age.

Our team isn't changing. … And our mission – to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve – certainly isn't changing.

We've tried to keep as cheap and lean an operation as possible.

The more people we have on our team. the less room there is in the elevator and the more complicated everything gets.