Quotes About Innovation

We need a lot more technically literate people. The computers are the tools that are going to solve essentially all problems, and the people who can use them better will be more effective.

Giving employees agency over their workspace encourages them to think carefully about the conditions in which they work best, and it gives them the tools to forge that environment.

Writing is a recording that you can cut up and reassemble. Sound is something you can cut up and reassemble. Film, video - you know, the main tools of culture - can all be cut up and reassembled.

I play keyboards and Pro Tools, if you want to look at it as an instrument.

If you look over the history of cinema, changes happen when directors embrace new tools and technology and think outside the box.

I think my career has been instances of me trying to figure out ways to get around doing it the right way because I don't think I have the tools to do it the right way. There's a talent to that.

You have to get better every year. You have to add tools to the toolbox every year.

When we're building tools, we respect developers' complete creative freedom. It can be used for the development for anything that's legal.

The thing that the Microsoft folks did a really good job of is the easy-to-use tools for making application-building simple.

Pro Tools rules. You get the opportunity to try more things because you don't waste so much time trying to get the perfect take.

I made a toothbrush helmet, which was a skateboard helmet with a robot arm holding a toothbrush. The idea was that it would brush your teeth for you.

A well-conceived product excels at what it does. It's close to being functionally flawless - like a Ziploc bag, a radio from Tivoli Audio, a Philips Sonicare toothbrush, a Nespresso coffee maker or Google's home page.

Ultralight backpackers do some stupid stuff, like instead of bringing a toothbrush, you saw one off right below the bristles and just carry the head.

Every single item that we come into contact with on a daily basis has been designed by an artist. From the toothbrush we use in the morning, to the defibrillator that could save our lives, an artist is behind the design.

If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera.

Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there.

I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.

I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated.

IBM, Microsoft, the profit they made was larger than the top four banks in China put together... But where did the money go?

I feel like I'm doing something in Atlanta that nobody ever did as far as rap. If it happens to end up on the top 40 or the pop charts, it doesn't mean I meant to go pop. It's just where the music took me. It started at the bottom, and it rises.

I credit God with giving me the idea for 'Top 40.'

Being a solo founder allows you to move quickly - when you're going up against massive, entrenched competitors, you need to maximize speed and agility. Having just one person at the top allows for faster decision making.

After reading the Elon Musk book and getting a Tesla - he is at the top of my list of inspiring founders.

If you want to make a serious, rugged, reliable robot, you can start with the Create platform and just build stuff on top of it.