10 Inspirational Quotes by Steve Jobs on Innovation and Creativity

It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations.

Don’t let the noise of other’s’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.

If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have to be willing to take whatever you’ve done and whoever you were and throw them away.

That’s been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex; you have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Quality is much better than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.

The grea​test thing is when you put your heart and soul into something over an extended period of time, and it is worth it.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.