I was obsessed with this idea that these things that you collect, they just say so much about who you are. I can't say it came from hard-nosed business analysis... It was just something I really want to see built.

We're trying to do something so that when the average person uses Pinterest, it has to make the service better.

I think the thing that I've learned is that really great people, they actually want to work on hard problems.

What you collect says so much about who you are.

Just build things and find out if they work.

I think anyone who makes products has this simultaneous joy and, almost, shame looking at it. You look at it all day and all you can see is all these things you want to make better.

I kind of think of engineering like the chefs at a restaurant. Nobody's going to deny chefs are integrally important, but there's also so many other people who contribute to a great meal.