Constraints Quote by David Byrne

Constraints are not limitations; they are insight.

— Anonymous

The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.

— Igor Stravinsky

“It is necessary to create constraints, in order to invent freely.”

— Umberto Eco

Constrain the user's expectations to match the abilities of the software.

— Bruce Tognazzini

It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.

— Alan Perlis

Requirement completeness: Requirements are sufficient to distinguish the desired behavior of the software from that of any other undesired program that might be designed. .

— Nancy Leveson

Embrace your constraints.

— Biz Stone

If you do have limitations, then you have to find out what they are. And if you find out what they are and avoid…

— Nick Nolte

“These needs, then, are just as real as any other requirements; we refer to them here as required constraints or design constraints, and they…

— Derek Hatley

Limitations are something that I latch onto - like working in genre, or if you're writing TV, there are act breaks, there's a length…

— Joss Whedon

Your only limitations are the limitations you create.

— Anonymous

You can prematurely optimize maintainability, flexibility, security, and robustness just like you can performance.

— John Carmack