Architecture Quote by Richard E. Pattis

The structure of software systems tend to reflect the structure of the organization that produce them.

— Douglas Crockford

Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities.

— David Heinemeier Hansson

Object-oriented programming as it emerged in Simula 67 allows software structure to be based on real-world structures, and gives programmers a powerful way to…

— David Gelernter

Good architecture is necessary to give programs enough structure to be able to grow large without collapsing into a puddle of confusion.

— Douglas Crockford

Architecture is a code. It's a pure code, derived from the dimensions of nature.

— Santiago Calatrava

“Well, software doesn't quite work that way. Rather than construction, software is more like gardening—it is more organic than concrete. You plant many things…

— Andrew Hunt

One of the great enemies of design is when systems or objects become more complex than a person - or even a team of…

— Bran Ferren

“Object-oriented programming offers a sustainable way to write spaghetti code. It lets you accrete programs as a series of patches.”

— Paul Graham

“unlike the building industry, the software development industry lacks a standard, consistent way to think about, describe and visually communicate software architecture”

— Simon Brown

The essence of a software entity is a construct of interlocking concepts. I believe the hard part of building software to be the specification,…

— Fred Brooks

I am convinced that there is a need for high quality software, and the time will come when it will be recognized that it…

— Niklaus Wirth

Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases.

— Norman Ralph Augustine