Alan Kay

Computer Science American 1940 314 quotes

Pioneer of OOP and GUI, Turing Award winner

Quotes by Alan Kay

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

Often attributed to Michelangelo, but Kay has used it in context of ambition.

The purpose of a computer is to make complex things simple.

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The best way to predict the future is to invent it, and then implement it.

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The computer is the most powerful intellectual tool ever invented.

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The only way to do great work is to be truly passionate about what you do.

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The future is not something that happens to us, it's something we create.

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The best way to predict the future is to build it.

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The future is not a destination, it's a journey.

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The computer is a medium for expression.

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The best way to predict the future is to make it happen.

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The future is not something to be feared, it's something to be embraced.

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The best way to predict the future is to design it.

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The future is not something to be waited for, it's something to be created.

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The computer is a new kind of stage.

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The best way to predict the future is to imagine it.

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The future is not something to be discovered, it's something to be invented.

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The computer is a new kind of mind.

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The best way to predict the future is to dream it.

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The greatest danger in the world is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit.

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The Dynabook was an idea for a personal computer for children of all ages.

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