Alan Kay

The computer is a tool for empowerment.

The future is not something to be accepted, it's something to be challenged.

The greatest love is to give without expecting anything in return.

The computer is a medium for learning.

The greatest joy is to see others succeed.

The computer is a tool for exploration.

The future is not something to be feared, it's something to be created with hope.

The greatest beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The computer is a mirror of our aspirations.

The Dynabook was not a computer, it was a meta-medium.

Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just a lot of people pushing up.

The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.

If you want to do something new, you have to be willing to be misunderstood.

Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad name for a good idea.

The biggest mistake in computer science was to call it 'computer science.'

The computer is the first truly universal medium.

Don't worry about what you can't do, worry about what you can do.

The biggest problem in computer science is that we're still using the same old metaphors.

The most important thing is to keep learning.

The future is not just about technology, it's about people.