Tony Fadell Quotes

If you're not having doubt, you're not pushing the boundaries far enough.

It's easy to solve a problem that everyone sees, but it's hard to solve a problem that almost no one sees.

Every team member who brings intelligence, experience and passion to their creations should be called an artist or designer.

Google has the business resources, global scale and platform reach to accelerate Nest growth across hardware, software and services for the home globally.

We're thrilled to join Google. With their support, Nest will be even better placed to build simple, thoughtful devices that make life easier at home, and that have a positive impact on the world.

Even if you have constrained resources, don't cut corners. People will feel it.

Learning by doing is the only way I know how to learn.

People buy products, and they want to understand what those things are and how they are applicable to their life.

The truth is, homes change over time — and technology has to adapt, not try to do everything at once.

Over the next ten years, everything that has a cord is going to have data in it.

I started designing the greenest the most connected home before the iPhone and the iPad.

I've been working with contractors designing and building a house on a nonstop basis since I learned about all these systems of audio, construction, electricity, energy, water systems.

We built the iPod in weeks. It had to be what I thought it was going to be because there wasnt time for endless refinements.

Usually, the biggest companies are not the most dynamic.

If you don't have an emotionally engaging design for a device, no one will care about it.

I say homes are for families, and you have to make sure you design for the family, not just one person: kids, your wife, your grandparents need to be able to use it.

I knew a lot about product design before coming to Apple, but I didn't understand a lot about consumer experience design, which is really Apple's forte.

Computers are great tools, but they need to be applied to the physical world.

I've learnt something from every failure. The products I helped design at the first two companies I worked for were utter failures. But now I know why.