Donald Knuth

The psychological profiling [of a programmer] is mostly the ability to shift levels of abstraction, from low level to high level. To see something in the small and to see something in the large.

I don’t believe in the concept of ‘computer literacy’. It’s like saying ‘pencil literacy’ – it’s the literacy that matters, not the tool.

The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.

My main goal in life is to make beautiful things.

I’ve discovered that the most important thing in a computer language is its name. A good name is tremendously important.

The only way to have good ideas is to have lots of ideas.