I started out as an artist, and I continue to think of myself as an artist first, and a technologist and entrepreneur after that.

Embrace your constraints. They are provocative. They are challenging. They wake you up. They make you more creative. They make you better.

The normal press cycle is to put a company on a pedestal and then knock it down. It's much more interesting that way.

When you think about Twitter, there are people all around the world reporting twenty-four seven, every second. They're reporting what they're seeing and what's happening around them. So there's a lot of potential for breaking news.

Creativity is an infinitely renewable resource - you are not going to run out of it - so don't be afraid to use it.

Investors are employees you can never hire. We made sure to pick investors that thought like us.

You curate information that you want to receive. It's a lot different because I'm not asking you if it's okay, I'm just saying I'm following your updates. That's why I don't think of Twitter as a social network.