People's interest is in the product, not in its authorship.
There's an applied style of being minimal and simple, and then there's real simplicity. This looks simple, because it really is.
The memory of how we work will endure beyond the products of our work.
Designing and developing anything of consequence is incredibly challenging.
A beautiful product that doesn't work very well is ugly.
Apple stood for something and had a reason for being that wasn't just about making money.