I think that the most beautiful thing lately hasn't been in hardware or software per se but collaboration - the idea behind Napster, which uses the distributed power of the Internet as its engine.

[Google is] an omnivorous collector of information, a hyperencyclopedic vault of human knowledge, an unerring auctioneer, an eerily skilful student of languages, behaviour, and desires.

At the core of Silicon Valley is a passion for 'yes.'

The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution.

The fact that biological, or "natural" rules might help in the creation of a computer generated work of art is interesting, but even a wonderful work of art made in this fashion isn't the same as a person, with all his or her experiences and emotions involved, making art.

Find a way to delight in all students. Look for the best, expect the best, and find something in each child [you] can treasure.

You can create art and beauty with a computer.