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I’m always focussed on the actual work, and I think that’s a much more succinct way to describe what you care about than any speech I could ever make.

Jonathan Ive

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Jonathan Ive
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: February 27
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We try to solve very complicated problems without letting people know how complicated the problem was.
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It's very easy to make something that is new. So we are trying to make things that are better.
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A small change at the beginning of the design process defines an entirely different product at the end.
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To do something innovative means that you reject reason.
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One of the hallmarks of the team is this sense of looking to be wrong. It's the inquisitiveness, and sense of exploration. It's about being excited to be wrong, because then you've discovered something new.
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I think there is a profound and enduring beauty in simplicity in clarity, in efficiency. True simplicity is derived from so much more than just the absence of clutter and ornamentation. It's about bringing order to complexity.
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What we don't include is as important as what we do include.
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I left London in 1992, but I'm there 3-4 times a year, and love visiting.
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If you're not trying to do something better, then you're not focused on the customer and you'll miss the possibility of making your business great.
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