I hate the way people use PowerPoints instead of thinking

If you view computer designers as artists, they're really into more of an art form that can be mass-produced, like records, or like prints, than they are into fine arts. They want something where they can express themselves to a large number of people through their medium, and their medium is technology and manufacturing.

Who wants a stylus. You have to get em and put em away, and you lose em. Yuck. Nobody wants a stylus.

To follow the path that others have laid before you is a reasonable course of action; therefore all progress is made by unreasonable men.

That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

My job is to make the whole executive team good enough to be successors, so that's what I try to do.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.