We can have a trillion humans living in the solar system. That means we'd have a thousand Mozarts and a thousand Einsteins. That's the future I want for my grandchildren.

visionspaceJeff Bezos, Blue Origin keynote 2019

Gradatim Ferociter. Step by step, ferociously. Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast.

philosophypatienceBlue Origin company motto

The most important work I'm doing is Blue Origin. I'm using my Amazon lottery winnings to fund it.

purposewealthJeff Bezos, interview 2018

Space is the only way to save Earth. We need to move heavy industry off-planet and turn Earth into a residential zone.

visionenvironmentJeff Bezos, Sotheby's event 2019

I don't want to live on Mars. I want to live on Earth. But I want the option of visiting a million-person colony on Mars.

spacevisionJeff Bezos, Axel Springer Award speech 2018

The hard part isn't getting to space. The hard part is making it routine and affordable enough that it actually changes civilization.

innovationspaceBlue Origin engineering team, 2023