I think the high-tech industry is used to developing new things very quickly. It's the Silicon Valley way of doing business: You either move very quickly and you work hard to improve your product technology, or you get destroyed by some other company. Elon Musk Work
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. Elon Musk Business
Some companies out there quote a start of production that is substantially in advance of when customers get their cars. Elon Musk Car
There have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Why do you want to live? What's the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future? If the future does not include being out there among the stars and being a multi-planet species, I find that incredibly depressing. Elon Musk Future
If you want to grow a giant redwood, you need to make sure the seeds are ok, nurture the sapling, and work out what might potentially stop it from growing all the way along. Anything that breaks it at any point stops that growth. Elon Musk Work
Selling an electric sports car creates an opportunity to fundamentally change the way America drives. Elon Musk Car
Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian. Elon Musk Science
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. Elon Musk Business
SpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with no realistic means for anyone to compete. Elon Musk Government
Selling an electric sports car creates an opportunity to fundamentally change the way America drives. Elon Musk Sports
If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not. Elon Musk Future
Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product. Elon Musk Time