“An intelligent person feels guilty for downloading music without paying the musician, but they use this free-open-culture ideology to cover it.” FeelsPersonsUseCultureMusicianIntelligentGuiltyIdeologyIntelligent PersonDownloading Music Author:Jaron Lanier
“Create a website that expresses something about who you are that won't fit into the template available to you on a social networking site.” SocialFitWho You AreAvailableSiteNetworkingWebsiteSocial NetworkingSocial Networking SitesNetworking Sites Book:You Are Not a Gadget Source: You Are Not a Gadget
“Governments oppress people, but so do mobs. You need to avoid both to make progress.” PeopleNeedsGovernmentProgress Author:Jaron Lanier
“I do real paintings, you know. I'm a little messy in the studio, so I'm a bit of a danger. But I just adore it.” KnowsLittlesRealBitsDangerPaintingStudiosAdoreMessy Author:Jaron Lanier
“I mean, you can't have advertising be the only official business of the information economy if the information economy is going to take over.” IfsMeanEconomyInformationAdvertisingOfficials Author:Jaron Lanier
“I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because it's too expensive to change the interface.” ThinkingStuffChangeTechnologyComplexityExpensiveInterfaces Author:Jaron Lanier
“I think most of the dramatic new ideas come from little companies that then grow big.” ThinkingLittlesIdeasBigsGrowsCompanyDramaticNew Ideas Author:Jaron Lanier
“I've occasionally been wrong about certain things, which is in a way more delightful than being right.” WayCertainDelightful Author:Jaron Lanier