Manage the top line: your strategy, your people, and your products, and the bottom line will follow.

Manage the top line: your strategy, your people, and your products, and the bottom line will follow.

Steve Jobs

It isn't the consumers' job to know what they want.

It isn't the consumers' job to know what they want.

There’s a phrase in Buddhism, ‘Beginner’s mind.’ It’s wonderful to have a beginner’s mind.

There’s a phrase in Buddhism, ‘Beginner’s mind.’ It’s wonderful to have a beginner’s mind.

The real art is knowing what to leave out, not what to put in.

The real art is knowing what to leave out, not what to put in.

I found that there were these incredibly great people at doing certain things, and you couldn't replace one of these people with fifty average people.

I found that there were these incredibly great people at doing certain things, and you couldn't replace one of these people with fifty average people.

Love what you do...Don't settle

Love what you do...Don't settle

That's my job - to make sure everything is great.

That's my job - to make sure everything is great.

Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.

Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.

When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something.

When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something.

You're already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

You're already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

You have to have a lot of passion for what you do... because if you don't, any rational person would give up.

You have to have a lot of passion for what you do... because if you don't, any rational person would give up.

One of my beliefs very strongly is that any democracy depends on a free, healthy press.

One of my beliefs very strongly is that any democracy depends on a free, healthy press.

Do you create anything, or just criticize others work and belittle their motivations?

Do you create anything, or just criticize others work and belittle their motivations?

Creativity comes from spontaneous meetings, from random discussions.

Creativity comes from spontaneous meetings, from random discussions.

We've got to make the small things unforgettable.

We've got to make the small things unforgettable.

That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex.

That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex.

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.

I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do.

I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do.

It is hard to think that a $2 billion company with 4,300-plus people couldn't compete with six people in blue jeans.

It is hard to think that a $2 billion company with 4,300-plus people couldn't compete with six people in blue jeans.