I love this quotation. The full article is thought provoking and worth reading.
Woz was able to invent the future because he had a hacker mentality, that combination of burning curiosity, patience and creativity that enables people to figure things out though epic trial-and-error. He was a tweaker, solderer, tester, reverse-engineer, dumpster diver and code experimenter.
From “Why the Nexus 4 is a Great First Computer for Kids” on Cult of Android.