Alan Kay

The computer is a new kind of magic.

The computer is a new kind of play.

The computer is a new kind of learning.

The computer is a new kind of teaching.

The computer is a new kind of education.

The computer is a new kind of art form.

The computer is a new kind of science.

The computer is a new kind of engineering.

The computer is a new kind of design.

The computer is a new kind of architecture.

People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.

Lisp isn't a language, it's a building material.

The Internet? We are not interested in it.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

I think the main thing is to invent things that people want to use.

Programming is how we talk to computers, but computers should understand human languages.

The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

If you don't fail at least 90% of the time, you're not really innovating.

The user interface is the most important part of the system.