Art Quotes

Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.

21093 quotes

T
"The Web is a canvas for human expression."
Tim Berners-Lee
G
"Sparse is better than dense."
Guido van Rossum
G
"Code is poetry written for computers."
Guido van Rossum
G
"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
B
"Art is the expression of the human spirit."
Barbara Liskov
B
"Art tells the truth that science cannot."
Barbara Liskov
"I believe that art and science are interconnected."
Donald Knuth
B
"Good language design is about making the right things easy and the wrong things hard."
Brendan Eich
B
"Programming languages are tools for thought, and each one thinks differently."
Brendan Eich
B
"Programming is more like writing than like mathematics; it communicates intent."
Brendan Eich
B
"Every decision in language design is a trade-off; the skill is knowing which way to trade."
Brendan Eich
G
"The craft of programming requires both technical skill and artistic sensibility."
Guido van Rossum
G
"The most elegant solutions are those where complexity dissolves into simplicity."
Guido van Rossum
G
"The craft of programming demands both intellectual rigor and creative expression."
Guido van Rossum
G
"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
R
"Good design is invisible - it just works"
Ryan Dahl
R
"Beauty in code comes from clarity"
Ryan Dahl
R
"The best code tells a story"
Ryan Dahl
J
"Programming is a craft."
John Carmack
J
"There's an incredible amount of magic in good engineering."
John Carmack
J
"Video games are art."
John Carmack
J
"Good code is a joy to read."
John Carmack
R
"Good design is invisible—the user shouldn't have to think about it."
Ryan Dahl
B
"In the design of systems, elegance is not luxury; it is necessity."
Barbara Liskov