Quote

Embrace your constraints. They are provocative. They are challenging. They wake you up. They make you more creative. They make you better.

Biz Stone

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Biz Stone
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: March 10
Blogger
Businessman
Businessperson
Computer Scientist
Creative Director
San Francisco County
California
Christopher Isaac Stone
Isaac Biz Stone
Biz
Make
Provocative
Constraints
Challenging
Wake
Embrace
Challenges
Creative
Better

More quotes by Biz Stone

Image
I'd dropped out of college to start design thing.
Biz Stone
Image
The future of marketing is philanthropy.
Biz Stone
Image
We did Twitter, and Twitter grew so fast, and in 2006 we spun it out into Twitter, Inc.
Biz Stone
Image
I started out as an artist, and I continue to think of myself as an artist first, and a technologist and entrepreneur after that.
Biz Stone
Image
The normal press cycle is to put a company on a pedestal and then knock it down. It's much more interesting that way.
Biz Stone
Image
I haven't been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.
Biz Stone
Image
Success isn´t guaranteed, but failure is certain if you aren´t truly emotionally invested in your work.
Biz Stone
Image
People are watching TV, they're watching some clips on their iPhone. I mean, some folks are sitting there on the iPhone, watching the Colbert Report, and meanwhile there's a huge plasma TV right in front of them that they could be watching it on.
Biz Stone
Image
I think we definitely want to focus on the simplicity aspect because it's something that's built into the culture even here at Twitter. Constraints inspire creativity.
Biz Stone
Image
I don't think of Twitter as a social network. I think of it as a messaging system that has a lot of social components to it.
Biz Stone
Image
When you think about Twitter, there are people all around the world reporting twenty-four seven, every second. They're reporting what they're seeing and what's happening around them. So there's a lot of potential for breaking news.
Biz Stone
Image
Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.
Biz Stone
Image
I think Twitter has brought something totally new to the table.
Biz Stone
Image
When a plane lands in the Hudson and there's a Twitter user on the ferry taking a picture of it, Boom. That's it. The water is still splashing. Here's the photo of the thing.
Biz Stone
Image
Investors are employees you can never hire. We made sure to pick investors that thought like us.
Biz Stone
Image
When you hand good people possibility, they do great things.
Biz Stone
Image
If people are passionate about your product, whether it's because they're hating or loving it, those are both good scenarios.
Biz Stone
Image
In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly.
Biz Stone
Image
The reason I really started running was for meditative purposes. I would pick some problem to have in my head while running.
Biz Stone
Image
There's a lot of social input when you put these things out there. People's ideas cross with other people's thoughts.
Biz Stone