My goal is not selling laptops. OLPC is not in the laptop business. Its in the education business. – Nicholas Negroponte
Weve been working now with computers and education for 30 years, computers in developing countries for 20 years, and trying to make low-cost machines for 10 years. This is not a sudden turn down the road. – Nicholas Negroponte
Learning by doing, peer-to-peer teaching, and computer simulation are all part of the same equation. – Nicholas Negroponte
If you take any world problem, any issue on the planet, the solution to that problem certainly includes education. In education, the roadblock is the laptop. – Nicholas Negroponte
Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Weldings a mystery to me now. You cant go back, your life changes every day. – Billy Connolly