It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to to , We hire smart people so they can tell us what to do. - Steve Jobs

It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do.

The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don't think of original ideas, and they don't bring much culture into their products.

You‘ve got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology.

I feel like somebody just punched me in the stomach and knocked all my wind out. I'm only 30 years old and I want to have a chance to continue creating things. I know I've got at least one more great computer in me. And Apple is not going to give me a chance to do that.