The System Should Treat All User Input

What I Proposed Was A Computer That Would Be Easy To Use, Mix Text And Graphics, And Sell For About $1,000. Steve Jobs Said That It Was A Crazy Idea, That It Would Never Sell, And We Didn't Want Anything Like It. He Tried To Shoot The Project Down.

A Well-designed And Humane Interface Does Not Have To Be Split Into Beginner And Expert Subsystems.

I Hate Mice. The Mouse Involves You In Arm Motions That Slow You Down. I Didn't Want It On The Macintosh, But Jobs Insisted. In Those Days, What He Said Went, Good Idea Or Not.

I Am Only A Footnote, But Proud Of The Footnote I Have Become. My Subsequent Work On Eliciting Principles And Developing The Theory Of Interface Design, So That Many People Will Be Able To Do What I Did Is Probably Also Footnote-worthy. In Looking Back At This Turn-of-the-century Period, The Rise Of A Worldwide Network Will Be Seen As The Most Significant Part Of The Computer Revolution.

If Our Field Is "to Advance", We Must - Without Displacing Creativity And Aesthetics - Make Sure Our Terminology Is Clear.