Kevin Kelly Quotes

We're these guys that are very tech-savvy, so people tend to expect us to say our favorite gadgets are thing like the latest iPhone or the latest app or something like that. Adam is pretty much like that. As far as myself, I'm the kind of guy that tends to go for the absolute simplest things.

I don't have a telephone. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't have one.

You make a choice whether or not to turn that TV on. We didn't even have a television in the house.

Believe it or not, I'm a bit clumsy with technology. It's probably why I'm so excited about the touchscreen - even an idiot can use it!

I'm a bit of a caveman - I don't go out into the digital space very often. I lie facedown on the grass and count how many bugs I can find.

I was the last person to get high-speed Internet, I was the last person to get an iPod, the last person to get an iPhone... I travel to India for one month out of the year and I don't have a phone there, so I can go without, which is beautiful, too.

I don't watch TV. I don't use a computer, a fax or a cellphone.

In my opinion, right now there's way too much hype on the technologies and not enough attention to the real businesses behind them.

A lot of equipment can get in the way of the connection with food, with touching and feeling.

All technology does is give us back to ourselves. So to be anti-technology in a sense is to be anti-human.

We tend to look at computers and the Internet as items of nicety. In the 21st century, they will be items of necessity.

I used to have this debate with Steve Jobs, and he would always say, 'You guys are doing too much stuff.' He did a good job of doing one or two things really well. We'd like to have a bigger impact on the world by doing more things.

I have a cellphone, but I have no Google, I have no gaggle.

After a few days with the iPhone X, I can begin to make out its themes. It's a step towards fading the actual physical manifestation of technology into a mist where it's just there - a phone that's 'all screen,' one that turns on simply by seeing you, one that removes the mechanics of buttons and charging cables.

People say, 'Well everybody needs a cellphone.' Well, what does 'need' mean? Do you need an iPad? How about a computer? A printer?

I'm always interested in whatever I can do to not look at my phone.

I went into the Verizon store the other day, and the salesman was pretty excited. He was like, 'Hey Dierks, what can I show you?' I said, 'The cheapest, lowest tech phone you have.' I think he was disappointed. Everybody else was running out for the new iPhone 6, but I got a flip phone.

I live my life very Amish-like. Other than video games, I don't think I have a reason for electronics. It's a life that I've always loved.

I'm not big on technology; I only get what I need.

I don't need a lot: I've got a telly, a computer - what else can you get me?

My mother did not have a toaster oven and would toast bread in the oven, which I thought was stupid. They didn't do cars and electricity, that kind of stuff.

I am very fond of technology and like to keep pace with change.

I feel like the phone was in my way. So I got rid of the phone to focus.

I don't have a computer. I never have had one.

Technology has to be invisible. Transparent. Just simple.