Best 11 quotes of John Gruber on MyQuotes

Almost nothing worthwhile is easy, and it's hard to just jump in and be good at something difficult right off the bat... The only reliable way to succeed at anything is to actually do it, repeatedly, with concentrated effort. True for individuals, and true for organizations. Athletes, artists, businesses.

Here's how Apple does marketing in a nutshell: Make a great product, then let people know about it. That's it. Neither aspect of that is easy, but the important thing is it has to happen in that order. It all starts with a great product.

I've been saying for years that page view-based advertising is a corrupting force.

I've heard that it's some kind of weird two-lens system where the back camera uses two lenses and it somehow takes it up into DSLR quality imagery.

Simply making decisions, one after another, can be a form of art.

Strapping a computer display to your face is not the answer.

Strong ideas, loosely held. That's the path to success.

The iPhone is not and never was a phone. It is a pocket-sized computer that obviates the phone. The iPhone is to cell phones what the Mac was to typewriters.

The only people who don’t love apps are pundits who don’t understand that apps aren’t really in opposition to the open Internet. They’re just superior clients to open Internet services.

The quality of any creative endeavor tends to approach the level of taste of whoever is in charge.

You have to keep plugging away. We are all growing. There is no shortcut. You have to put time into it to build an audience.