Alan Kay

Children are the best computers we have.

Real computer science is more about ideas than programs.

The future is not something we enter; the future is something we create.

Don't get married to a particular technology.

The personal computer is a medium, not a tool.

Humor is the best way to teach complex ideas.

We need to think of computing as a whole new way of expressing ideas.

Failure is the best teacher in innovation.

The Xerox PARC was like a skunkworks for ideas.

Programming languages should be designed for people, not for machines.

Life is too short for bad software.

The real power of computing is in simulation and modeling.

Curiosity is the engine of achievement.

Object-oriented programming is about messages, not objects.

We learn more from our mistakes than from our successes.

The web is just the beginning of what computing can do.

Innovation comes from playing with ideas, not from planning.

Computers should amplify human intelligence, not replace it.

A good idea is one that survives criticism.

The history of computing is full of forgotten geniuses.