Evan Spiegel Quotes

We believe that the next generation of powerful mobile companies have a deep understanding of the world as a unified whole, where digital and analog experiences affect each other rather than transporting analog experiences into the digital realm.

One of the things I'm trying to get better at is apologizing when I make mistakes. That's been a big priority of mine.

Cars bring me sheer joy.

We don't want to own people's photos. We want to help them communicate with friends in whatever way makes them happiest.

In tech in particular, everyone is so serious all the time and has these grand visions.

It would be better for everyone if we deleted everything by default and saved the things that are important to us.

When we look at social media, we really look at it on a continuum, and the continuum is from accumulation to instant expression.

Somewhere along the way, when we were building social media products, we forgot the reason we like to communicate with our friends is because it's fun.

It's not about working harder; it's about working the system.

It's no surprise companies that quickly grow in value attract those who may want to also profit from the hard work of others.

Traditional social media, in the view of our company, has become a bit repetitive. It doesn't feel very good to be marketed to by your friends. Snapchat is different because it says, look, friends aren't valuable to you just because they can get you into a cool party.

It seems odd that at the beginning of the Internet, everyone decided everything should stick around forever.

More people are watching college football on Snapchat than they are on television.

I don't want to disrupt anything. We never conceive of our products as disruptive - we don't look at something and say, 'Let's disrupt that.' It's always about how we can evolve this and make this better.

I snap with my mom. It was a great way for me to see my dog when I was in college. We send selfies, too.

I text nonstop, and I love emoji. I'm also on the phone quite a bit for work - probably more than 10 calls per day.

If I had a ringtone, it would probably be Neil Diamond.

Ephemeral should be the default.

I think, with any new product that's difficult to understand, there are always lots of questions and criticism. I think we have all the right criticism. We're just going to keep executing on what we believe.

I'd like to create a space for people who have a lot of talent but not a lot of reach.

In the future, we'd like to support upcoming artists, people that are trying to be actors.

The intent to preserve and capture something is very different from the urge to share, but they had become intertwined.

People started conceiving of their friends as networking tools, like, 'Friend me so you can be friends with someone else,' or, 'The more people you know, the more networked you are.' But we see real value in having a fun conversation with your friends.

I am a young, white, educated male. I got really, really lucky. And life isn't fair.

There is real value in sharing moments that don't live forever.

Generally speaking, the people who come to work at Snapchat believe in personal growth. It's part of why Snapchat's stories are ephemeral, because you will be a different person tomorrow.

Technology businesses in general are susceptible to hacking. That's why you have to work really, really, really hard with law enforcement, with security experts, internal and external groups, to make sure you're paying attention and addressing security concerns.

Social media is about friending someone so they'll invite you to a party or get you a job. If that's the work, Snapchat is the playground.

The fun thing about Snapchat is really the surprise and the joy that comes from learning how to use it.

When we're in that kind of childish space, we're more genuine and feel more comfortable with our friends.

The feed was probably the biggest innovation in social media of late. But the interesting thing about a feed is that the more content you consume, the farther in time you go.

TheIinternet is a timeless void - you put something in there, and it's there forever and loses a lot of context.

Snapchat really has to do with the way photographs have changed. Historically, photos have always been used to save really important memories: major life moments. But today ... pictures are being used for talking.

We are not advertising ourselves as a secure platform. It's a communication platform. It's not our job to police the world or Snapchat of jerks.

I think diversity is a challenge everywhere.

I'm not a great manager; I try to be a great leader. And for me, that's been going through a process of not how to be a great CEO but how to be a great Evan, and that's really been the challenge.

I just try really hard to be me, and sometimes that means I'm unfiltered. I try to give people myself because I think making a great product is being in touch with how you feel about things and being able to express things. I really hope I can stay in touch with how I feel about things and I'm able to express that.