Elon Musk
A visionary engineer and entrepreneur who founded SpaceX, co-founded Tesla, Inc., and has made significant contributions to electric vehicles and space exploration.
Most quoted
"If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would be considered magic—being able to talk to people instantly across vast distances, to see pictures and hear sounds from anywhere, to fly, to access immense amounts of information from a small device. These are things that would have been considered magic a short time ago."
— from TED Talk, 2017
"If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic - being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of data like an oracle. These are all things that would have been considered magic a few hundred years ago."
— from TED Talk
"I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better. I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself."
— from Interview with Kevin Rose, 2013
All quotes by Elon Musk (280)
If you're not making mistakes, you're not trying hard enough.
The only way to win is to innovate.
I think it's important to be optimistic.
The future is not something that just happens. It's something that you create.
The biggest risk is not taking any risk.
I'm not a fan of the word 'impossible.'
The factory is where the magic happens.
The future is going to be a lot more interesting than the past.
I'm trying to do useful things.
The most important thing is to make sure that we are on a path to a good future.
Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week.
I could either watch it happen, or be a part of it.
Life is too short for long-term grudges.
Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of whatever you’re doing is as valuable as gold.
If you wake up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.
Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell.
Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.
People should become the stories they want to live.
Boil things down to the most fundamental truths and say, 'What are we sure is true?' ... and then reason up from there.
I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don't believe in the whole 'angel investor' concept.