I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.

Not only was [Edwin Land] one of the great inventors of our time but, more important, he saw the intersection of art and science and business and built an organization to reflect that.

Great engineers are a huge multiplier.

If you don't cannibalize yourself, someone else will.

I'd rather be a Pirate than join the Navy

All the work I've done in my life will be obsolete by the time I'm fifty.

I'll always stay connected with Apple. I hope that throughout my life I'll sort of have the thread of my life and the thread of Apple weave in and out of each other, like a tapestry. There may be a few years when I'm not there, but I'll always come back.