Design Quote by Ted Nelson

Learning to write programs stretches your mind, and helps you think better, creates a way of thinking about things that I think is helpful…

— Bill Gates

“Finally, there is the delight of working in such a tractable medium. The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff.…

— Frederick P. Brooks Jr

You think you KNOW when you learn, are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you…

— Alan Perlis

A programming language is for thinking about programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of. It should be a pencil, not a pen.

— Paul Graham

I am aware that a computer can’t create a poem, but neither can a typewriter.

— Charles Bukowski

Programming is a skill best acquired by practice and example rather than from books.

— Alan Turing

Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.

— Alan Perlis

Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.

— David Hockney

You can't write poetry on the computer.

— Quentin Tarantino

Programming is the art of telling another human being what one wants the computer to do.

— Donald Knuth

Even though I had the talent, programming just didn't feel right. I never considered it very seriously. Some people get gratification from bending a…

— Mitch Kapor

Great programmers learn how to program their tools, not just use them.

— Steve Yegge