diff --git a/tito/commands/logo.py b/tito/commands/logo.py
index a5e39456..78b35b21 100644
--- a/tito/commands/logo.py
+++ b/tito/commands/logo.py
@@ -96,7 +96,32 @@ class LogoCommand(BaseCommand):
             "curiosity becomes the torch that lights your path to ML engineering mastery.\n\n",
             style="dim"
         )
-        
+
+        # Personal message from the creator
+        explanation.append("\n— ", style="dim")
+        explanation.append("Professor Vijay Janapa Reddi\n", style="bold cyan")
+        explanation.append("   Harvard University • CS 249R: Tiny Machine Learning\n\n", style="dim")
+
+        # Make the entire message italic for a more personal, conversational feel
+        explanation.append(
+            "TinyTorch grew from the TinyML movement that started at Harvard in CS 249R. As I taught "
+            "thousands of students, both online and in person, I realized something was missing: there "
+            "was no way to truly ",
+            style="italic dim"
+        )
+        explanation.append("engineer", style="italic yellow")
+        explanation.append(
+            " ML systems from the ground up. So that's why I built TinyTorch—a framework where you "
+            "don't just import libraries, you engineer every component yourself. Think of it as "
+            "building the Lego blocks for your favorite Star Wars set.\n\n",
+            style="italic dim"
+        )
+
+        # Single powerful statement combining both catchphrases
+        explanation.append("The future of ML is tiny and bright—", style="bold yellow")
+        explanation.append("don't just \"import torch\", build it.", style="bold cyan")
+        explanation.append("\n\n", style="dim")
+
         # Display in a nice panel
         console.print(Panel(
             explanation,
@@ -115,6 +140,6 @@ class LogoCommand(BaseCommand):
                 console.print(f"\n[yellow]Logo image not found at expected location[/yellow]")
         
         # Final inspiring message
-        console.print("\n[bold yellow]🔥 Start small. Understand deeply. Build everything.[/bold yellow]\n")
+        console.print("\n[yellow]🔥 [/yellow][italic]Start tiny. Go deep. Build big.[/italic]\n")
         
         return 0
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