Ada Lovelace

I am a woman of strong soul.

We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.

A new, a vast, and a powerful language is developed for the future use of analysis, in which to wield its truths so that they may become of more speedy and accurate practical application for the purposes of mankind than the means hitherto in use have allowed.

The more I study, the more I feel myself capable of studying.

I am more than ever now the bride of science. Reason, cold, hard, analytical reason, is the only divinity to whom I am now loyal.

I believe myself to be a discoverer.

The Analytical Engine is an embodying of the science of operations, constructed with peculiar skill and ingenuity, and adapted to meet a variety of cases of calculation.

It is not a mere calculator, but a machine for operating upon symbols generally.

The whole of the developments and operations of analysis are now capable of being executed by machinery.

The Analytical Engine is the only machine that can be said to be capable of originating its own operations.

The more I see of the Analytical Engine, the more I am struck with the power and comprehensiveness of its principles.

I am working very hard for you; and I hope that in the end I shall be able to do something worthy of you.

I do not believe that the Analytical Engine is merely a calculating machine. I believe it is a thinking machine.

The Analytical Engine is not merely an arithmetical machine. It is a machine for operating on abstract symbols.

The Analytical Engine is a machine that can carry out any operation that can be expressed in a symbolic form.

The Analytical Engine is a machine that can perform any calculation that can be expressed by a finite number of operations.

The Analytical Engine is a machine that can be programmed to perform any sequence of operations.

The Analytical Engine is a machine that can be used to solve any problem that can be reduced to a series of mathematical operations.

The Analytical Engine is a machine that can be used to explore the fundamental relations of abstract science.

The Analytical Engine is a machine that can be used to develop new and powerful languages for analysis.