The work of art is already within the block of marble. I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.

The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language.

True happiness comes from inner fulfillment.

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.