Steve Jobs Quotes

Commit yourself to quality from day one... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

What is fashion? It's discipline. Discipline and a credo to do only the best, down to the smallest detail.

I love hidden things. When you buy something with quality, you like the inside to be as beautiful as the outside. Nobody's going to see it, but you know it's there.

Never cut corners, or accept anything that's second-rate.

Like many people out there, I'm inspired by the level of attention to detail, design and execution of Apple products.

I like my products to be smart in a technical way but to show the time invested in their creation, too.

My approach has always been to make things we were proud of.

It's not enough to do good. It must be done well.

Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.

I will not do work that isn't done well or right. Stuff happens - things break, contractors don't come through - but I don't want to be responsible for not doing something correctly.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

I don't care how small the parts are, as long as they're good.

Quality is pride of workmanship.

In rowing, you're always striving for that perfect stroke, that repetition, each one being as good as the last. Same thing with cooking. You can't say, 'Oh, I don't feel well, so I'm going to put out a crappy plate.'

I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something, it has to feel right. Everything has to be right.

I'm a perfectionist. I won't do a thing without trying to do it well.

To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.

I'm always in search for perfection. If it's not perfect, I'm back to the drawing board.

Quality is everything to me, and I perfect everything I do.

Whatever I'm doing, I try and keep the quality very high.

If you're going to do a thing, do it fully so that no writing you give the world misrepresents you - so that nothing you put out there is like a sad regift you couldn't throw away and had to find a place for.

You have to be a professional in every single thing you do.

I have always believed in quality work.

Whatever I do, whether it's cooking shows, books or events, the details count and that's what sets me apart from other food TV personalities. If you take out the details what's left?

I always want people to realise that whatever I do is a quality product. And that's what's really important to me.