Steven Levy Quotes

I think that the most beautiful thing lately hasn't been in hardware or software per se but collaboration - the idea behind Napster, which uses the distributed power of the Internet as its engine.

Computer technology is so built into our lives that it's part of the surround of every artist.

There has never been an unexpectedly short debugging period in the history of computers.

The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution.

You can’t argue with facts. You’re not entitled to your own facts.

[Google is] an omnivorous collector of information, a hyperencyclopedic vault of human knowledge, an unerring auctioneer, an eerily skilful student of languages, behaviour, and desires.

At the core of Silicon Valley is a passion for 'yes.'

You can create art and beauty with a computer.

Find a way to delight in all students. Look for the best, expect the best, and find something in each child [you] can treasure.

We designed Google to be the kind of place where the kind of people we wanted to work here would work for free.- Urs Hölzle