![]() ![]() But always, always, he retains that sense of possibility. ![]() In these pages, Steve drafts and refines. His ideas were not arguments, but intuitions, born of a true inner freedom and an epic sense of possibility. ![]() Quite the contrary: he imagined what reality lacked and set out to remedy it. Steve’s gift was greater still: he saw clearly what was not there, what could be there, what had to be there. It is hard enough to see what is already there, to gain a clear view. He was compelled by the notion of being part of the arc of human existence, animated by the thought that he-or that any of us-might elevate or expedite human progress. Steve once told a group of students, “You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear.” He gave an extraordinary amount of thought to how best to use our fleeting time. Much of what’s in these pages reflects guiding themes of Steve’s life: his sense of the worlds that would emerge from marrying the arts and technology his unbelievable rigor, which he imposed first and most strenuously on himself his tenacity in pursuit of assembling and leading great teams and perhaps, above all, his insights into what it means to be human. His words-in speeches, interviews, and emails-offer a window into how he thought. And the best way to understand Steve is to listen to what he said and wrote over the course of his life. The best way to understand a person is to listen to that person directly. So we need to be true to who we are and remember what’s really important to us. And it’s a way of expressing to the rest of our species our deep appreciation. But somehow, in the act of making something with a great deal of care and love, something’s transmitted there. You never hear their story or tell yours. But one of the ways that I believe people express their appreciation to the rest of humanity is to make something wonderful and put it out there.Īnd you never meet the people. ![]() And some people express their deep appreciation in different ways. Make Something Wonderful Steve Jobs in his own words ![]()
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