"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
"Ruby is simple in appearance, but is very complex inside, just like our human body."
Wisdom
"I hope to see Ruby help every programmer in the world to be productive, and to enjoy programming, and to be happy."
Happiness
"A programmer is not someone who works as a programmer, but someone who can solve problems using code."
Success
"I believe consistency and maintainability in code are very important."
Work
"The goal of Ruby is to make programmers happy."
Happiness
"In the past, I have been too focused on technical details. I realize that we need to focus on making people happy."
Life
"Language designers want to design the perfect language, but it is impossible."
Wisdom
"I'm not really interested in creating a programming language. I'm interested in creating a culture."
Creativity
"The language influences the thought process and creativity."
Art
"Perl is my favorite programming language, but I have to create Ruby to compete with it."
Motivation
"I want to make Ruby the most beautiful programming language in the world."
Beauty
"Programming is not about typing, it's about thinking."
Knowledge
"I believe that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
Wisdom
"The programmer's job is not just to write code, but to solve problems."
Work
"I want to reduce the pain of programming and make it enjoyable."
Happiness
"Good code is its own best documentation."
Education
"The best code is code that doesn't exist."
Wisdom
"Debugging is harder than writing code in the first place."
Perseverance
"I believe in the principle of least surprise in design."
Art
"Language is the medium through which we express our thoughts."
Philosophy
"I want to create a language that makes people smile."
Happiness
"The most important thing in programming is to have fun."
Happiness
"I learned a lot from Perl, but I wanted to make something different."
Knowledge
"Simplicity is not simple to achieve."
Wisdom
"Every tool has its own purpose and philosophy."
Philosophy
"I believe that people should enjoy programming."
Happiness
"The true measure of a programmer is how well they can solve problems."
Success
"I want to make Ruby intuitive and elegant."
Beauty
"Programming should be fun and creative."
Creativity
