Steve Wozniak Quotes

Engineering or technology is all about using the power of science to make life better for people, to reduce cost, to improve comfort, to improve productivity, etc.

I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books anymore.

A lot of what we are doing is getting design out of the way.

Everything that I make I use.

Hard systems are everything we're using right now - computers, phones, planes, the clothes you're wearing, the room you're in. Everything there involves 100% use of technology and expertise to make it, and nothing we make - including space exploration vehicles and so on - is complex. Everything we make is complicated. Nothing is self-renewing.

Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need.

When I studied graphic design, I learned a valuable lesson: There's no perfect answer to the puzzle, and creativity is a renewable resource.

I spend my money on my props and my creations. I'm an inventor.

What is so brilliant about the gadgets is their simplicity.

Low budgets force you to be more creative. Sometimes, with too much money, time and equipment, you can over-think. My way, you can use your gut instinct.

We dried continuously day and night. We had no efficient way to do it, so we built this new popcorn plant.

My training and my inclination is to invent.

Nature is economical. She puts her lights and darks only where she needs them.

Many creative people are finding that creativity doesn't grow in abundance, it grows from scarcity - the more Lego bricks you have doesn't mean you're going to be more creative; you can be very creative with very few Lego bricks.

At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.

Creating something is all about problem-solving.

A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.

Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization.

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.

Nature uses as little as possible of anything.

Don't reinvent the wheel, just realign it.

You can do great things with low-tech stuff.

The notion of 'reduce and refine' is one I've pursued. I truly believe that by making things less complex, by finding innovative ways to make sustainability affordable, we can advance the notion that it is possible.

Tech, in the sense of... putting things together, that goes back beyond memory for me.

If you want creativity, take a zero off your budget. If you want sustainability, take off two zeros.