This challenge, viz. the confrontation with the programming task, is so unique that this novel experience can teach us a lot about ourselves. It should deepen our understanding of the processes of design and creation, it should give us better control over the task of organizing our thoughts. If it did not do so, to my taste we should no deserve the computer at all! It has allready taught us a few lessons, and the one I have chosen to stress in this talk is the following. We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremenduous difficulty, provided that we stick to modest and elegant programming languages, provided that we respect the intrinsec limitations of the human mind and approach the task as Very Humble Programmers. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. -- Alan Kay

A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longuer anything to add, but when there is no longuer anything to take away. -- Antoine de St Exupery.

L’art qui satisfait le besoin le plus impérieux sera toujours le plus honoré. -- Charles Baudelaire, Conseils aux jeunes littérateurs.

Photography is painting with light. -- Eric Hamilton

Saying that Java is nice because it works on all OSes is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders. -- Alanna

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. ~Maya Angelou

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. –Dalai Lama

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. –Unknown

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. ~Anonymous