Quotes About Innovation

Growing up, I spent my time doing useless stuff looking at computers.

Society may shun bohemia, may put it down, may consider it useless and ineffective, but it is where everything cooks and boils and is created.

To me, the goal of building useless and ridiculous robots is more - I mean, in some way, it's like a personal goal because I think it's really fun, and I think having fun is super important to create things.

I found it was way more fun to build useless stuff.

Somewhere along the way I realized that I enjoyed making useless things a lot more than well-finished products.

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.

Within HTC, hundreds of ideas are tested and discarded to find those rare ideas that define the HTC user experience.

I'm a big user of digital technology, but I don't find it beautiful.

My philosophy is, if I can provide a solution that the end user truly enjoys, then I think I have a chance.

I don't want to use my creative energy on somebody else's user interface.

You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user.

Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things.

People who bet against the Internet, who think that somehow this change is just a generational shift, miss that it is a fundamental reorganizing of the power of the end user. The Internet brings tremendous tools to the end user, and that end user is going to use them.

Innovation and its allure can be dangerous. It can draw you away from the user, from the intended outcome, and may be the ultimate demise of otherwise great intentions.

When competitors try to innovate, I think it puts more pressure on us. The only thing is, we've got to work harder. They work two hours, we work three hours... Ultimately this is good for the end user.

We think Android is very, very fragmented, and becoming more fragmented by the day. And as you know, Apple strives for the integrated model so that the user isn't forced to be the systems integrator.

I think smartphones need to send an electrical shock to a user when they get their your/you're mixed up.

I cannot compare and contrast Tinder and Bumble directly, but I will say that we have a very impressive, forward-thinking user base.

In a wristwatch, imagine the battery is in the strap and there's a medical sensor in there connected to the internet. If someone is monitoring that, they could phone up if the user has forgotten to take some medication. This could save hundreds of dollars in medical fees later. What's missing? It's a stable battery.

Things that are ultimately complex must have a simple end user experience if they are to be successful.

The truth of Moore's law has made remarkable things possible. On the software side, I think natural user interfaces in all their forms are equally significant.

Nowadays, my mood ungoverned, I'm free to think the most outrageous things, such as: might it not be a good idea to insist that drug companies give their preparations names that tell the user what they really do?

Amassing a user base is a lot harder than one might think.

The Xbox is how the computer will be built in the next 20 years. More semiconductor capacity will go to the user experience.