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?

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.

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.

At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you.

Awareness is bliss.

She was trying to hide it, the pain I had caused her again. Because she knew how much those tears destroyed me.

Well, I've always just - I've never really gone out looking for work. I always waited for it to sort of hit me on the head.

I guess I don't really know what I want to do, either. Sometimes I feel like a shook-up bottle of soda. Like, I have all this passion that wants to explode, but I don't know where to aim it yet.

If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!

Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.

I have all the answers, it's just that most of them aren't right.

Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength.

I am fluent in Spanish and I understand French, Italian and Portuguese.