Twitter has been my life's work in many senses. It started with a fascination with cities and how they work, and what's going on in them right now.

I fell in love with flora of all types, especially ferns. Loved the sparse structure and repetition of shape - almost fractal.

Build what you want to see in the world.

It's empowering to be asked to look at what's possible, not told how to do it.

Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.

The greatest lesson that I learned in all of this is that you have to start. Start now, start here, and start small. Keep it Simple.

The strongest thing you can cultivate as an entrepreneur is to not rely on luck but cultivating an ability to recognize fortunate situations when they are occurring.

Success is never accidental.

Making something simple is very difficult.

There's an entire universe in every single tweet, and it all really depends on the content as far as how it's going to spread.

Don't avoid eye contact and don't be late

As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen.

I am conscious of how my body signifies in every space. In every place of the world our body has a different significance.

History is, in its essence, exciting; to present it as dull is, to my mind, stark and unforgivable misrepresentation.

Cathedrals do not seem to me to have been built. They seem, rather, stupendous growths of nature, like crystals, or cliffs of basalt.

I have also been touched by the dark side of power and leadership.

People want the truth, even if they disagree.

Never date a woman you can hear ticking.

In the short term, some deadly virus might be more important, but in the long run there is hardly anything more important than asteroids.

If you hug someone for seven seconds, it gives you a chemical drop in your brain.

The Devil deserves zero tolerance.