Edwin Land

“Building a company at the intersection of technology and liberal arts is literally something Edwin Land talked about and did, something Steve Jobs learned from Edwin Land, and then Steve Jobs used it at Apple.”

“Do some interesting science that is all your own, and if it is manifestly important and nearly impossible, it will be fulfilling and maybe even a way to get rich.”

“The test of invention is the power of an inventor to push your invention through, not in the face of staunch opposition, which most people think, right? But staunch indifference.”

“That when you create a new product, people think, oh, I gotta push it through staunch opposition. He's like, no, it's gonna be staunch indifference. No one's going to give a shit. You have to push, you have to be the one pushing through your new product, your …”

“The idea is that you should build a company at the intersection of arts and technology. That is Edwin Land's idea. That is an idea that Steve Jobs learned from Edwin Land that Steve used when he was in his twenties, his thirties, his forties, until he died.”