Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
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"The Web is a canvas for human expression."Tim Berners-Lee
"Sparse is better than dense."Guido van Rossum
"Code is poetry written for computers."Guido van Rossum
"Good design is a matter of taste."Guido van Rossum
"What we create reflects who we are."Yukihiro Matsumoto
"Art and science are not opposed; they complement."Yukihiro Matsumoto
"Art is the expression of the human spirit."Barbara Liskov
"Art tells the truth that science cannot."Barbara Liskov
"I believe that art and science are interconnected."Donald Knuth
"Good language design is about making the right things easy and the wrong things hard."Brendan Eich
"Programming languages are tools for thought, and each one thinks differently."Brendan Eich
"Programming is more like writing than like mathematics; it communicates intent."Brendan Eich
"Every decision in language design is a trade-off; the skill is knowing which way to trade."Brendan Eich
"The craft of programming requires both technical skill and artistic sensibility."Guido van Rossum
"The most elegant solutions are those where complexity dissolves into simplicity."Guido van Rossum
"The craft of programming demands both intellectual rigor and creative expression."Guido van Rossum
"Language design is about making the implicit explicit without losing elegance."Guido van Rossum
"Elegance in code comes from understanding your craft deeply."Yukihiro Matsumoto
"Code is poetry written in a language machines can execute."Yukihiro Matsumoto
"Good design is invisible; bad design is obvious."Yukihiro Matsumoto
"The art of programming is knowing what to remove."Yukihiro Matsumoto
"Good design is invisible - it just works"Ryan Dahl
"Beauty in code comes from clarity"Ryan Dahl
"The best code tells a story"Ryan Dahl
"Programming is a craft."John Carmack
"There's an incredible amount of magic in good engineering."John Carmack
"Video games are art."John Carmack
"Good code is a joy to read."John Carmack
"Good design is invisible—the user shouldn't have to think about it."Ryan Dahl
"In the design of systems, elegance is not luxury; it is necessity."Barbara Liskov