Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn.

It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now.

There will always be music on the Internet that people can steal. What's new is not theft. What's new is a distribution channel for stolen property called the Internet. So there will always be illegal music on the Internet.

[My teacher] basically bribed me back into learning with candy and money and what was really remarkable was before very long I had such a respect for her that it sort of re-ignited my desire to learn.

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

You can't win on innovation unless you have a way to communicate it to customers.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.