Beauty Quote by Edsger Dijkstra

“True Elegance is Measured by Simplicity”

— RJ Yolande Mendes

Elegance? It may seem odd to non-scientists, but there is an aesthetic in software as there is in every other area of intellectual endeavour.…

— John Naughton

simplicity is the key of elegance

— Coco Chanel

Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.

— Edsger Dijkstra

“Elegance is achieved when, having discarded all superfluous things, we discover simplicity and concentration.”

— Paulo Coelho

The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider elegance an…

— Edsger Dijkstra

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

— Coco Chanel

True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.

— Henry Ward Beecher

I think there is a profound and enduring beauty in simplicity; in clarity, in efficiency. True simplicity is derived from so much more than…

— Jonathan Ive

What is it indeed that gives us the feeling of elegance in a solution, in a demonstration?

— Henri Poincare

It is important to notice that these badly functioning designs were praised for 'elegance.' But elegance as theoretical scientists apply it is quite different.…

— Ralph Caplan

My definition of elegance is the achievement of a given functionality with a minimum of mechanism and a maximum of clarity.

— Fernando J. Corbato