“'PhotoCard' has 20 times as much code as the sum of 'QuickDraw,' 'MacP...” — Bill Atkinson Quote

“'PhotoCard' has 20 times as much code as the sum of 'QuickDraw,' 'MacPaint,' and 'HyperCard.' It is more elaborate and complicated, with all the client and server stuff. It took a lot more of me to do this than other projects, requiring an almost Mother Teresa dedication to do it.”

“You could summarize everything I did at Apple was making tools to empower creative people. 'QuickDraw' empowered all these other programmers to now be able to sling stuff on the screen. The 'Window Manager,' 'Event Manager,' and 'Menu Manager.' Those are things that I worked on that were empowering other people.”

“If you are not emotionally involved, your client is not getting your best effort.”

“For 30 years I've been responsible for managing client money, and it's been a joy, but at some point I need to move on. Thirty years is enough.”

“Enterprise is hard work. You have to integrate the client with the optimized systems of all the servers and software.”