Alan Kay

The problem with software is that it's too easy to make it complex.

The computer is a new kind of instrument.

The most important thing is to have a good idea.

The future is not about what we can do, but what we should do.

The most important thing is to be curious.

The computer is a new kind of brain.

The future is not about technology, it's about humanity.

The most important thing is to have fun.

The future is not about what we have, but what we can become.

The most important thing is to make a difference.

The future is not about controlling, but about enabling.

The most important thing is to be kind.

Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.

Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born.

If you don’t fail at least 90 percent of the time, you’re not aiming high enough.

The computer revolution hasn’t started yet. Don’t be misled by the enormous flow of money into bad defacto standards for unsophisticated buyers.

I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.

The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn’t started yet.

We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.

Don’t worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.