For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.

Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.

So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' And they said, 'No.' So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

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