Bre Pettis Quotes

You can get really far by putting your ideas out there and letting other people build on them.

Pretending you know what you're doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you know what you're doing even if you don't and do it.

I like to make things. Its been part of my identity since I was a kid.

It makes me sad when I see things that are just the same technology; you aren't passing the technology forward.

Done is the engine of more.

Learn how a 3D printer works. Get inspired. Make your own stuff. It is a wonderful time to be innovative. Connect things together. If youre into electronics, get an Arduino.

We already live in the futureit's not like we're waiting for something to happenit's just a matter of doing it.

There was a tangible sense of potential as we packed them up. 'We're giving people 3-D printers that they can afford. What are they gonna make?

A lot of it is "how do you work with people". How do you get people to work with you and do wonderful things.

Customized jewelry is one of my targets with Bold Machines.

At MakerBot, we joke that if we were engineers we would still be on our first prototype. There's something about just 'Doing it”iteration is a way of engineering.

I feel like I've lived a life of making mistakes and learning from them and doing my best to only make each mistake once.

Our intention is that people use MakerBots to have a positive impact on the world.

You can go from creating the design on your iPad to making the object on your MakerBot.