I believe photos is one of the underlying things in every social network that becomes successful.

Focusing on one thing and doing it really, really well can get you very far.

If you've got an idea, start today. There's no better time than now to get going.

I promise you, a lot of it is luck. But you make your own luck by working really hard and trying lots and lots of things.

Above all else, products spread when they're useful and they're usable

I think Instagram at its best is where you feel like you're getting the most authentic version of the person on the other side of the camera.

Great products sell themselves.

Our goal is to not just be a photo-sharing app, but to be the way you share your life when you're on the go.

Every photo you take communicates something about a moment in time - a brief slice of time of where you were, who you were with, and what you were doing.

Every startup should address a real and demonstrated need in the world. If you build a solution to a problem lots of people have, it's so easy to sell your product to the world.

I really love connecting people, creating communities. As a kid, creation was something that I always loved.

I know that the whole point—the only point—is tofind the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse tolet them go.

Enemies are the people who think about you more than your friends do.

Half of your attention is better than all of anyone else's.

We believe in self creation. That's why Buddhists believe in the Four Noble Truths.

When you need a haircut, it looks like you have no one to take care of you.

I smiled. She smiled. I believed the smile.

Punk became a circus didn't it? Everybody got it wrong. The message was supposed to be: Don't follow us, do what you want!

I always believed that if you set out to be successful, then you already were.

You can come to know the truth only when you are in love. But love never argues. There is no argument in love, because there is no aggression.

Her passions are made of nothing but the finest part of pure love