Usually, the biggest companies are not the most dynamic.

Learn by doing. Learn through experiences. And this goes back to Steve Jobs' thing - which is the way you open up your knowledge of the world is by discovering it and learning about it, not through books, but by being there.

We're thrilled to join Google. With their support, Nest will be even better placed to build simple, thoughtful devices that make life easier at home, and that have a positive impact on the world.

Over the next ten years, everything that has a cord is going to have data in it.

There are a lot of designers who think they understand technology and a lot of technology guys who think they understand design. But to put them together and make it robust and repeatable for the mass market? It's an art.

If you're not having doubt, you're not pushing the boundaries far enough.

I started designing the greenest the most connected home before the iPhone and the iPad.