Elon Musk Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Elon Musk
Elon Musk Famous Quotes & Sayings
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There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
Physics is a good framework for thinking ... Boil things down to their fundamental truths and reason up from there.
The goal of Tesla is to accelerate sustainable energy, so we're going to take a step back and think about what's most likely to achieve that goal.
Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry.
Selling an electric sports car creates an opportunity to fundamentally change the way America drives.
You need to be in the position where it is the cost of the fuel that actually matters and not the cost of building the rocket in the first place.
I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority ... in less than 20 years.
If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.
Even if there's a zombie apocalypse, you'll still be able to travel using the Tesla Supercharging system.
Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car.
Physics is really figuring out how to discover new things that are counterintuitive, like quantum mechanics. It's really counterintuitive.
If you think back to the beginning of cell phones, laptops or really any new technology, it's always expensive.
I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.
We have this handy fusion reactor in the sky called the sun, you don't have to do anything, it just works. It shows up every day.
You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that's wrong with it and fix it.
People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.
I'm trying to construct a world that maximises the probability that SpaceX continues its mission without me.
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.
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 we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.
I feel very strongly that SpaceX would not have been able to get started, nor would we have made the progress that we have, without the help of NASA.
What I'm trying to do is, is to make a significant difference in space flight. And help make space flight accessible to almost anyone.
I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.
I'm nauseatingly pro-American. I would have come here from any country. The U.S. is where great things are possible.
In order for us to have a future that's exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we're a space-bearing civilization.
I think long term you can see Tesla establishing factories in Europe, in other parts of the U.S. and in Asia.
The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S.
The tough thing is figuring out what questions to ask, but [ ... ] once you do that, the rest is really easy.
Really pay attention to negative feedback and solicit it, particularly from friends. ... Hardly anyone does that, and it's incredibly helpful.
I think there are too many smart people pursuing internet stuff, finance, and law. That is part of the reason why we haven't seen as much innovation.
The primary means of energy generation is going to solar. It will at least be a plurality, and probably be a slight majority in the long term.
Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying.
I wouldn't say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I'd like my fear emotion to be less because it's very distracting and fries my nervous system.
I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.
Some companies out there quote a start of production that is substantially in advance of when customers get their cars.
Biofuels such as ethanol require enormous amounts of cropland and end up displacing either food crops or natural wilderness, neither of which is good.
We polled Tesla owners, do you want autopilot disabled or not. Not one person wanted it disabled. That's pretty telling.
I don't think very highly of Henrik Fisker. [ ... H]e thinks the reason we don't have electric cars is for lack of styling
You want to have a future where you're expecting things to be better, not one where you're expecting things to be worse.
I hate writing about personal stuff. I don't have a Facebook page. I don't use my Twitter account. I am familiar with both, but I don't use them.
When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.
My motivation for all my companies has been to be involved in something that I thought would have a significant impact on the world.
I was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don't see a viable competitor.