108 Quotes by Stewart Brand

[On technology:] A realm of intimate, personal power is developing -- power of the individual to conduct his own education, find his own inspiration, shape his own environment, and share his adventure with whoever is interested.

I'd like to see RAD DECISION widely read.

He floated the idea -- he put up the money and the machine. Then he basically let what would happen happen.

I was a glassy-eyed undergraduate. It was a pillar of local civilization.

What the world has now are new cities with young populations and old cities with old populations. How the dialogue between them plays out will determine much of the nature of the next half-century.

It's almost certain that half of the books that bent my young mind, I got from there.

In terms of weapons, the best disarmament tool so far is nuclear energy. We have been taking down the Russian warheads, turning it into electricity. 10 percent of American electricity comes from decommissioned warheads.

The point is to explore whatever may be helpful for thinking, understanding, and acting responsibly over long periods of time.

Style is time’s fool. Form is time’s student