Teens just understand the world in ways I don’t think any of us adults do.
Every photo you take communicates something about a moment in time – a brief slice of time of where you were, who you were with, and what you were doing.
We just want to build a company that focuses on the love of Instagram.
The best products in the world have a point of view. The worst products have none.
Instagram was created because there was no single place dedicated to giving your mobile photos a place to live and to be seen.
The major reason why Instagram works is that you can follow anyone out there and start following their photos immediately.
I grew up as a photo nut. Every Christmas I would get a new camera. It’s a huge part of my life.
People have presences, both online and in real life. You can choose to show everything, meaning all sides of you, or you can choose to be selective.
Our goal is to not just be a photo-sharing app, but to be the way you share your life when you’re on the go.
I think not focusing on money makes you sane, because in the long run it can probably drive you crazy.
With Instagram, the focus is on the present tense.
I was never as focused in math, science, computer science, etcetera, as the people who were best at it. I wanted to create amazing screensavers that did beautiful visualizations of music. It’s like, “Oh, I have to learn computer science to do that.”
I’ve always been into taking my photos, cropping them square, putting them through a filter in Photoshop.
I believe photos is one of the underlying things in every social network that becomes successful.
The best feature is less features.
In the past, people have looked at photos as a record of memory. The focus has been on the past tense. With Instagram, the focus is on the present tense.
I actually think some of my best moments in life have been while I was with people from Instagram – whether it’s super late nights getting a release out or being able to travel to places I’d never visited and meeting some of the most interesting people I’ve ever met.
You need to fail in order to find the right solution.
Working at a startup to make a lot of money was never a thing, and that’s why I decided to just finish up school. That was way more important for me.
Instagram is a media company. I think we’re about visual media.