Art Quotes

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"Art and technology must dance together, not fight each other."
Shigeru Miyamoto
"Good design is not about making things look pretty; it's about making them work better."
Bjarne Stroustrup
"Good interfaces are invisible; you don't think about them, you just use them."
Bjarne Stroustrup
"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."
Bjarne Stroustrup
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"The most powerful abstractions are those that hide the irrelevant while revealing the essential."
Barbara Liskov
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"Design is not decoration; it's the underlying structure that makes everything else possible."
Barbara Liskov
"Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else."
Donald Knuth
"Every programmer is a poet in some sense."
Donald Knuth
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"Python's philosophy is about making code readable and beautiful. That's not just programming, that's art."
Guido van Rossum
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"Video games are a legitimate form of entertainment and art that deserve recognition alongside traditional media."
Ralph Baer
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"The intersection of technology and human creativity is where magic happens."
Ralph Baer
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"Games are the only medium where the audience becomes the protagonist of their own story."
Ralph Baer
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"Good artists copy, great artists steal - but they improve upon what they take."
John Carmack
"Video games are meant to be just one thing: fun. They're a form of entertainment."
Shigeru Miyamoto
"Good design is when something works perfectly and feels natural."
Shigeru Miyamoto
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication in game design."
Shigeru Miyamoto
"A good game is like a good story - it must engage the audience."
Shigeru Miyamoto
"Great art makes you feel something unexpected."
Shigeru Miyamoto
"I design based on emotions, not specifications."
Shigeru Miyamoto
"Good design is not about what goes in, it's about what you leave out."
Bjarne Stroustrup
"The goal of software design is to make the difficult simple."
Bjarne Stroustrup
"Great design is invisible—people don't notice it, they just enjoy using it."
Bjarne Stroustrup
"Creativity and technical skill must go hand in hand."
Bjarne Stroustrup
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"The most important thing is the passion you bring to your craft."
John Carmack
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"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
Shunpei Yamazaki
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"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul."
Shunpei Yamazaki
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"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."
Shunpei Yamazaki
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"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."
Shunpei Yamazaki
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"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."
Shunpei Yamazaki
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"Design is a conversation between what is possible and what is necessary."
Barbara Liskov