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To design something really well you have to get it. You have to really grok what it’s all about. It takes a passionate commitment to thoroughly understand something — chew it up, not just quickly swallow it. Most people don’t take the time to do that.

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We think basically you watch television to turn your brain off, and you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on.

I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.

I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next.

Woz and I very much liked Bob Dylan's poetry, and we spent a lot of time thinking about a lot of that stuff.

We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.

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