Top 25 Quotes by Walter Isaacson of 107 - Page 5

for Steve, less is always more, simpler is always better. Therefore, if you can build a glass box with fewer elements, it’s better, it’s simpler, and it’s at the forefront of technology. That’s where Steve likes to be,

for Steve, less is always more, simpler is always better. Therefore, if you can build a glass box with fewer elements, it’s better, it’s simpler, and it’s at the forefront of technology. That’s where Steve likes to be, in both his products and his stores.

Walter Isaacson

Technology, Glasses, Elements

Walter Isaacson (2011). “Walter Isaacson Great Innovators e-book boxed set: Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, Einstein”, p.472, Simon and Schuster

It seems perverse to focus too much on the casualties or hardship in Afghanistan ...[Showing the misery of Afghanistan ran the risk of] promoting enemy propaganda...we must talk about how the Taliban are using civilian shields and how the Taliban have harboured the terrorists responsible for killing close up to 5,000 innocent people.

Walter Isaacson

People, Focus, Risk

Mainly, the reason people who didn't succeed had trouble because they had trouble forming teams. They didn't know how to collaborate.

Walter Isaacson

Team, People, Succeed

Source: www.pbs.org

I think America is really well-positioned, because we do train people to be creative and sometimes resist authority, which helps in being an innovator. I think you're going to see for the next phase of the revolution all sorts of wonderful ways of connecting art and literature and journalism into new forms of digital expression.

Walter Isaacson

Art, Thinking, People

Source: www.pbs.org

Not playing by the rules, not seeing things conventionally, that's the heart of who he [ Steve Jobs] is, and he does it in small ways of everyday rebellion just almost to assert who he is, like not putting a license plate on his car.

Walter Isaacson

Jobs, Heart, Car

"Steve Jobs Biography Examines How Rule-Breaker Tied 'Artistry to Engineering'". Interview with Jefferey Brown, www.pbs.org. October 27, 2011.

I think that notion of being a seeker, somebody who never felt totally fulfilled, but was always passionate about the search, that comes from the background, probably.

Walter Isaacson

Thinking, Passionate, Backgrounds

"Steve Jobs Biography Examines How Rule-Breaker Tied 'Artistry to Engineering'". "The PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. October 27, 2011.

Without 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 Isaacson

Jobs, Sex, Romance

"Isaacson's Steve Jobs Rages, Weeps, Adds Sex to Tech: Interview". Interview with Zinta Lundborg, www.sfgate.com. November 30, 2011.