Bre Pettis Quotations

Done is the engine of more.

We already live in the futureit's not like we're waiting for something to happenit's just a matter of doing it.

At MakerBot, we joke that if we were engineers we would still be on our first prototype. There's something about just 'Doing it”iteration is a way of engineering.

One of the criticisms we get is, Does the world need more plastic crap? But you have to look beyond the plastic crap, to the design, to the experience, to the empowering nature of the MakerBot and the community.

Learn how a 3D printer works. Get inspired. Make your own stuff. It is a wonderful time to be innovative. Connect things together. If youre into electronics, get an Arduino.

Customized jewelry is one of my targets with Bold Machines.

I like to make things. Its been part of my identity since I was a kid.

A lot of it is "how do you work with people". How do you get people to work with you and do wonderful things.

There was a tangible sense of potential as we packed them up. 'We're giving people 3-D printers that they can afford. What are they gonna make?

Before I started MakerBot, I was creating cool stuff and sharing it with the Internet. That's how I knew all the folks at BoingBoing, at Engadget and Gizmodo.