On the day he unveiled the Macintosh, a reporter from Popular Science asked Jobs what type of market research he had done. Jobs responded by scoffing, "Did Alexander Graham Bell do any market research before he invented the telephone?
Walter IsaacsonSteve has a reality distortion field.โ When Hertzfeld looked puzzled, Tribble elaborated. โIn his presence, reality is malleable. He can convince anyone of practically anything. It wears off when heโs not around, but it makes it hard to have realistic schedules.
Walter IsaacsonWithout Steve Jobs, you would have well-designed computers, probably open and not integrated, but they wouldn't have sex appeal, they wouldn't have romance.
Walter IsaacsonJobs has within him sort of this conflict, but he doesn't quite see it as a conflict between being hippie-ish and anti-materialistic but wanting to sell things like Wozniak's board. Wanting to create a business.
Walter IsaacsonIf you truly have a passion for what you do, you will care even about the parts unseen.
Walter IsaacsonIf you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have to be willing to take whatever youโve done and whoever you were and throw them away. The more the outside world tries to reinforce an image of you, the harder it is to continue to be an artist, which is why a lot of times, artists have to say, โBye. I have to go. Iโm going crazy and Iโm getting out of here.โ And they go and hibernate somewhere. Maybe later they re-emerge a little differently. (Steve Jobs)
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