In a 2014 interview with Forbes contributor Jim Clash, Elon Musk explains that money has never been his real motivation: what drives him is doing work he is passionate about that is also useful to others.
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“People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.”
A wide-ranging WorldPost conversation with Nathan Gardels in which Musk lays out the innovations he believes will reshape civilization — sustainable energy, a multi-planetary future, genetic code, and AI — and warns about a coming demographic implosion.
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“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.”
“Such a civilization would be the best adventure and something really inspiring that would make life more fun.”
Days after Falcon 1's third failure, Musk talks to Wired about SpaceX's setbacks, why the losses still count as progress, and his refusal to give up — "Optimism, pessimism, f*** that; we're going to make it happen."
Notable quotes
“Optimism, pessimism, f*** that; we're going to make it happen.”
“We must get to orbit eventually, and we will. It might take us one, two or three more tries, but we will.”