Paul Gauguin Quotes

From an app point of view, if you looked at innovation on the PC, you'd be hard pressed to find companies innovating. The list is small.

Nothing was more up-to-date when it was built, or is more obsolete today, than the railroad station.

As a result, we will continue to see more innovation on the Internet and on mobile phones than on consoles.

The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.

There aren't enough people out there that are becoming experts in technology as technology moves.

I actually think the one who is underestimated in terms of impact he's had on society is Bill Gates. The reason is that with the innovation of software, he really allowed the computer revolution to take hold.

I've been fortunate to have had the opportunity to be at the forefront of the digital media revolution.

Innovation must lead infrastructure for a simple but compelling reason: Innovation produces new types of products and markets, and it is virtually impossible to know how to run those markets efficiently before they are created.

The accumulated knowledge of materials, computing, electromagnetism, product design, and all the rest that we've learned over the last several centuries converts a few ounces of raw materials worth mere pennies into a device with more computing power than the entire planet possessed fifty years ago.

If you think back to the beginning of cell phones, laptops or really any new technology, it's always expensive.

You always need to be on the lookout for the next kind of great technology.

If you're the village blacksmith and a model T comes along, you better become a mechanic. People's lives are better when they get news online versus having to wait for the morning paper. It's a lot more efficient, a lot more real time, a lot less waste.

There is no doubt that, since 1977 and the launch of Apple II - the first computer it produced for the mass market - many things which used to be done on paper, or on the telephone, have been done easier and faster on a screen.

I'm the most optimistic guy about VR out there. I have crazy visions of what we'll be doing in the future.

The patent system was established to encourage inventors to disclose the details of their inventions. Its purpose was to help society rather than to help inventors. At the time, the life span of 17 years for a patent was short compared with the rate of advance of the state of the art. Since patents are an issue only among manufacturers, for whom the cost and effort of a license agreement are small compared with setting up production, the patents often do not do much harm. They do not obstruct most individuals who use patented products.

One thing about technology is that there's always a win, place, and show, and everyone else goes under.

I'm surprised that VR has come about so quickly. It's lucky I just happened to write a book imagining virtual reality right on the cusp of it actually happening.

Languages evolve; ideas blend together. In computer technology, we all stand on others' shoulders.

Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness.

The 3D-printing technology has been developing at a very rapid pace.

The tech world is not a new phenomenon; it's a new era.

Between 1980 and 2000 the number of patents registered in Israel was 7652 compared with 367 for all the Arab countries combined.

New capabilities emerge just by virtue of having smart people with access to state-of-the-art technology.

The intelligent use of science and technology are the tools with which to achieve a new direction.

I think there are too many smart people pursuing internet stuff, finance, and law. That is part of the reason why we haven't seen as much innovation.